Frontiers | The Significance of Reactive Oxygen Species and Antioxidant Defense System in Plants: A Concise Overview
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oxidative stress implies an interruption of the redox equilibrium as a consequence of the increased level of ROS within the cell itself “imbalance between oxidants and antioxidants in favor of the oxidants, leading to a disruption of redox signaling and control and/or molecular damage” oxidative str
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- oxidative stress implies an interruption of the redox equilibrium
- as a consequence of the increased level of ROS within the cell itself
- “imbalance between oxidants and antioxidants in favor of the oxidants, leading to a disruption of redox signaling and control and/or molecular damage”
- oxidative stress present in physiological conditions (eustress), and oxidative stress expressing deleterious effects on macromolecules (distress
- against being essential for energy metabolism and respiration, is involved within the mechanism of the onset of various diseases and degenerative conditions
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