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ReviewAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2025

ROS Regulation and Antioxidant Responses in Plants Under Air Pollution: Molecular Signaling, Metabolic Adaptation, and Biotechnological Solutions.

Muhammad Junaid Rao, Mingzheng Duan, Muhammad Ikram, Bingsong Zheng

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Review in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Muhammad Junaid RaoNational Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Forest Food Resources, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou 311300, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4911-9451
Mingzheng DuanCollege of Agronomy and Life Sciences, Zhaotong University, Zhaotong 657000, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3486-024X
Muhammad IkramMOA Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Bingsong ZhengNational Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Forest Food Resources, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou 311300, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6185-5641

Funding

Key Research and Development Program of Ningbo 2024Z268National Natural Science Foundation of China 32071807Open Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University SKLSS-KF2023-07Scientific Research Development Fund Project of Zhejiang A&F University 2022LFR001, 2023LFR066
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Air pollution acts as a pervasive oxidative stressor, disrupting global crop production and ecosystem health through the overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Hazardous pollutants impair critical physiological processes-photosynthesis, respiration, and nutrient uptake-triggering oxidative damage and yield losses. This review synthesizes current knowledge on plant defense mechanisms, emphasizing the integration of enzymatic (SOD, POD, CAT, APX, GPX, GR) and non-enzymatic (polyphenols, glutathione, ascorbate, phytochelatins) antioxidant systems to scavenge ROS and maintain redox homeostasis. We highlight the pivotal roles of transcription factors (MYB, WRKY, NAC) in orchestrating stress-responsive gene networks, alongside MAPK and phytohormone signaling (salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, ethylene), in mitigating oxidative stress. Secondary metabolites (flavonoids, lignin, terpenoids) are examined as biochemical shields against ROS and pollutant toxicity, with evidence from transcriptomic and metabolomic studies revealing their biosynthetic regulation. Furthermore, we explore biotechnological strategies to enhance antioxidant capacity, including overexpression of ROS-scavenging genes (e.g.,

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air pollutionantioxidantsoxidative stressphytohormonesreactive oxygen speciessecondary metabolitestranscription factors

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PMID40867806
PMCPMC12383030

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