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ArticleRice (New York, N.Y.)2025

Melatonin Enhances Antioxidant Defense Systems and Stress Tolerance in Plants under Variable Environmental Conditions.

Ihsan Muhammad, Shah Fahad, Ahlam Khalofah, Bingsong Zheng, Weijun Shen

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Article in Rice (New York, N.Y.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Selection of Wheat (Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  8. Physiological and transcriptomic responses ofFrontiers in plant science · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ihsan Muhammad *Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Agro-Bioresources, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, Guangxi, China.
Shah Fahad *Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface System and Environmental Carrying Capacity, College of Urban and Environmental Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.
Ahlam KhalofahBiology Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, 61413, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Bingsong ZhengNational Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Forest Food Resources, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, 311300, China. bszheng@zafu.edu.cn.
Weijun ShenGuangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Agro-Bioresources, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, Guangxi, China. shenweijun@gxu.edu.cn.

Funding

Dean ship of Research and Graduate Studies at King Khalid University RGP2/526/45Guangxi Science and Technology Base and Talent Special Project, and the Junwu Scholarship of Guangxi University A3360051012National Natural Science Foundation of China 32271847
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melatonin (Mel), a multifunctional molecule, has emerged as a pivotal regulator of plant stress responses, enhancing antioxidant defenses, and modulating metabolic pathways. This meta-analysis evaluated the role of Mel in mitigating various abiotic stresses, including salinity, drought, heavy metals, light intensity, and humidity, across diverse experimental conditions in rice crop. The findings reveal significant improvements in enzymatic antioxidant activities such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), peroxidase (POD), and ascorbate peroxidase (APX), with notable increases in POD (77%) and CAT (61%) activities under hydroponic application. Mel application reduced oxidative stress markers, such as hydrogen peroxide (H

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Abiotic stressAntioxidant enzymeMelatoninOsmotic regulationReactive oxygen speciesRice (Oryza sativa L.)

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PMID40690078
PMCPMC12279687

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