Ascorbic Acid in Plants Biosynthesis, Regulation and Enhancement /

• Main Author: Zhang, Yuyang. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Plant Science,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biochemistry.; Botany.; Plant anatomy.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Anatomy/Development.; Plant Biochemistry.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4127-4

Ascorbate acid (AsA) is an important antioxidant in plants, playing important roles in various physiological processes. Humans have lost the ability to synthesize AsA because of the lack of L-gulono-1,4-lactone oxidoreductase, and thus have to absorb ascorbate from diet including fresh fruits and ve...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1. Chemical feature
• Chapter 2. The biological role of ascorbate in plants
• Chapter 3. Ascorbate biosynthesis in plants
• Chapter 4. The oxidization and metabolism of ascorbate
• Chapter 5. Recycling of ascorbate
• Chapter 6. Transport of ascorbate
• Chapter 7. Key enzymes involved in ascorbate biosynthesis and metabolism
• Chapter 8. Regulation of ascorbate biosynthesis. - Chapter 9. Ascorbate in tomato, a model fruit. - Chapter 10. Metabolic modification of ascorbate in plants
• Chapter 11. Regulating ascorbate biosynthesis and metabolism for abiotic stress tolerance in plants
• References
• Index.