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BIOELECTROMAGNETICS
Volume 33, Issue 5, Pages 428-437Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/bem.21702
Keywords
antioxidant enzymes; magnetic field; reactive oxygen species
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- Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India [NFBSRA/PCN/AP-09/2006-07]
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Our previous investigation reported the beneficial effect of pre-sowing magnetic treatment for improving germination parameters and biomass accumulation in soybean. In this study, soybean seeds treated with static magnetic fields of 150 and 200?mT for 1?h were evaluated for reactive oxygen species (ROS) and activity of antioxidant enzymes. Superoxide and hydroxyl radicals were measured in embryos and hypocotyls of germinating seeds by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy and kinetics of superoxide production; hydrogen peroxide and antioxidant activities were estimated spectrophotometrically. Magnetic field treatment resulted in enhanced production of ROS mediated by cell wall peroxidase while ascorbic acid content, superoxide dismutase and ascorbate peroxidase activity decreased in the hypocotyl of germinating seeds. An increase in the cytosolic peroxidase activity indicated that this antioxidant enzyme had a vital role in scavenging the increased H2O2 produced in seedlings from the magnetically treated seeds. Hence, these studies contribute to our first report on the biochemical basis of enhanced germination and seedling growth in magnetically treated seeds of soybean in relation to increased production of ROS. Bioelectromagnetics 33:428437, 2012. (C) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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