Biologia plantarum 51:754-758, 2007 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-007-0154-1

Antioxidant defense system in Phragmites communis Trin. ecotypes

K.-M. Chen1,*, H.-J. Gong1, S.-M. Wang2, C.-L. Zhang2
1 College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, P.R. China
2 College of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, P.R. China

The antioxidant defense system in three ecotypes of reed (Phragmites communis Trin.), swamp reed (SR), dune reed (DR), and heavy salt meadow reed (HSMR), from northwest China were investigated. The HSMR possessed the highest ratio of ascorbate (ASC)/dehydroascorbate (DHA) and activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase among the three reed ecotypes, whereas, the DR exhibited the highest ratio of glutathione/glutathione disulfide and activities of ASC peroxidase (APX) and DHA reductase. Malondialdehyde and hydrogen peroxide contents were highest in HSMR, intermediate in SR, and lowest in DR. In addition, different isoenzymes of glutathion reductase, APX, SOD and DHA were also observed in three reed ecotypes.

Keywords: antioxidative enzymes; ascorbate; drought-prone and saline habitats; glutathione; reed
Subjects: antioxidants, antioxidant enzymes; ascorbate peroxidase; catalase; dehydroascorbate reductase; glutamic acid, glutathione; glutathione reductase; malondialdehyde; peroxidase; Phragmites communis; reed

Received: May 5, 2005; Accepted: July 25, 2006; Published: December 1, 2007Show citation

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