The Role of Polyphenols in Abiotic Stress Response: The Influence of Molecular Structure
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Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja od Bosne 33–35, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102a, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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Plants 2021, 10(1), 118; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10010118
Received: 4 December 2020 / Revised: 29 December 2020 / Accepted: 5 January 2021 / Published: 8 January 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Polyphenols—from Plants to Human Health)
Abiotic stressors such as extreme temperatures, drought, flood, light, salt, and heavy metals alter biological diversity and crop production worldwide. Therefore, it is important to know the mechanisms by which plants cope with stress conditions. Polyphenols, which are the largest group of plant-specialized metabolites, are generally recognized as molecules involved in stress protection in plants. This diverse group of metabolites contains various structures, from simple forms consisting of one aromatic ring to more complex ones consisting of large number of polymerized molecules. Consequently, all these molecules, depending on their structure, may show different roles in plant growth, development, and stress protection. In the present review, we aimed to summarize data on how different polyphenol structures influence their biological activity and their roles in abiotic stress responses. We focused our review on phenolic acids, flavonoids, stilbenoids, and lignans.
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abiotic stress; polyphenols; phenolic acids; flavonoids; stilbenoids; lignans
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Šamec, D.; Karalija, E.; Šola, I.; Vujčić Bok, V.; Salopek-Sondi, B. The Role of Polyphenols in Abiotic Stress Response: The Influence of Molecular Structure. Plants 2021, 10, 118. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10010118
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Šamec D, Karalija E, Šola I, Vujčić Bok V, Salopek-Sondi B. The Role of Polyphenols in Abiotic Stress Response: The Influence of Molecular Structure. Plants. 2021; 10(1):118. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10010118
Chicago/Turabian StyleŠamec, Dunja, Erna Karalija, Ivana Šola, Valerija Vujčić Bok, and Branka Salopek-Sondi. 2021. "The Role of Polyphenols in Abiotic Stress Response: The Influence of Molecular Structure" Plants 10, no. 1: 118. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10010118
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