02256naa a2200229 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400350006010000170009524501790011226000090029152015050030065000130180565300260181870000200184470000220186470000190188670000280190570000210193370000250195477300470197916627752022-11-16 2010 bl uuuu u00u1 u #d7 a10.1007/s00468-009-0397-x2DOI1 aCOSTA, M. A. aLipid peroxidation, chloroplastic pigments and antioxidant strategies in carapa guianensis (Aubl.) subjected to water-deficit and short-term rewetting.h[electronic resource] c2010 aThe effects of drought on membrane lipids and leaf pigments and the ability of andiroba (Carapa guianensis Aubl.) plants to attenuate oxidative damage through antioxidant enzymes or adjusting carotenoids and glycinebetaine (GB) were examined. Assessments were performed when pre-dawn leaf water potential (?pd) of water-stressed plants reached ?1.35 and ?3.21 MPa (15 and 27 days after withholding irrigation) and 12 h after resuming watering (short-term rewetting, day 28). Oxidative damages to lipids were evident on day 15, in which drought caused an increase of 47% in malondialdehyde (MDA) content. On day 27, MDA content did not differ between treatments. The activity of superoxide dismutase remained unchanged over experimental period, while significant increases in the ascorbate peroxidase (APX, 110%) and catalase (CAT, 50%) activities were observed only on day 27. GB content was 62% (day 15) and 112% (day 27) higher in water-stressed plants than in control. Regardless of ?pd, both chlorophyll (Chl) a, Chl b and total carotenoids remained unchanged between well-watered and water-stressed plants, indicating that drought did not result in degradation of leaflet pigments. On day 28, ?pd of water-stressed plants increased near to control plants and both activities of APX and CAT did not differ between treatments. Altogether, adjustments in APX and CAT activity and in the GB content were efficient strategies to prevent expressive oxidative damages in water-stressed andiroba plants. aAndiroba aEnzimas antioxidantes1 aPINHEIRO, H. A.1 aSHIMIZU, E. S. C.1 aFONSECA, F. T.1 aSANTOS FILHO, B. G. dos1 aMORAES, F. K. C.1 aFIGUEIREDO, D. M. de tTreesgv. 24, n. 2, p. 275-283, Apr. 2010.