Activities of antioxidant enzymes during strawberry fruit development and ripening

• Published in: Biologia plantarum Vol. 54; no. 2; pp. 349 - 352
• Main Authors: Lopez, A.P.,Universidad de Cordoba (Spain). Dept. Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular, Gochicoa, M.T.N.,Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla (Spain). Dept. de Fisiologia, Anatomia y Biologia Celular, Franco, A.R.,Universidad de Cordoba (Spain). Dept. Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01-06-2010; Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences
• Subjects: ANTIOXIDANTES; ANTIOXIDANTS; ANTIOXYDANT; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Brief Communication; CATALASA; CATALASE; ETAPAS DE DESARROLLO DE LA PLANTA; FRAGARIA; FRAISE; FREE RADICALS; FRESA; FRUITS; FRUTAS; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_13251; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_1380; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_13933; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_24091; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_3076; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_3131; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_33488; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_511; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_5959; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7443; Life Sciences; MADURAMIENTO; MURISSAGE; PEROXIDASAS; peroxidase; PEROXIDASES; PEROXYDASE; PLANT DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES; Plant Sciences; RADICAL LIBRE; RADICALES LIBRES; reactive oxygen species; RIPENING; STADE DE DEVELOPPEMENT VEGETAL; STRAWBERRIES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDO DISMUTASA; SUPEROXYDE DISMUTASE; peroxidase; superoxide dismutase; catalase; reactive oxygen species
• ISSN: 0006-3134; 1573-8264
• DOI: 10.1007/s10535-010-0061-8

The analyses of some antioxidant enzyme activities were carried out in the course of strawberry fruits development and ripening. The catalase activity was maximum in small-sized green fruits, it decreased in middle-sized green fruits and increased again during the ripening stages. The highest superoxide dismutase and peroxidase activities were observed in white fruits.