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New Mechanistic Insights: Why Do Plants Produce Isoprene?

[Image: see text] In this article, we argue that the primary role of isoprene is to remove the singlet delta oxygen (O(2)(1)Δ(g)) that forms inside plants by ultraviolet excitation rather than to provide heat protection or scavenge ozone, OH, or other reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the gas phase....

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Autores principales: Zeinali, Nassim, Altarawneh, Mohammednoor, Li, Dan, Al-Nu’airat, Jomana, Dlugogorski, Bogdan Z.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society 2016
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6640788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31457127
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.6b00025