Enhancing effect of Methyl jasmonate on antioxidative capacity of Bunium persicum under Cadmium stress

S Enteshari; K Delavar

doi:10.1055/s-0031-1282597

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Planta Med 2011; 77 - PI4
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1282597

Enhancing effect of Methyl jasmonate on antioxidative capacity of Bunium persicum under Cadmium stress

S Enteshari ¹, K Delavar ²

¹Biology Department, Payame Noor University, 19395–4697 Tehran, Iran
²Islamic Azad University, Ashtian Branch, Department of Biology, Arak, Iran

Congress Abstract

Methyljasmonate (MeJA) is a compound that used as plant growth regulation and is currently being used in cancer research. Bunium persicum B.Fedtsch. is one of important medicinal plants that cultivated widely and has numerous usage in medicine.The present study emphasizes the important of MeJA (0, 0.01 and 0.1µM) against oxidative stress in this plant that exposed to cadmium (0, 30 and 60 Mm CdCl₂) stress. Our results showed that in plants that only treated with Cd growth parameters, flavonoids, ascorbic acid and total phenol content reduced significantly but protein, MDA and H2O2 content and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity enhaced significantly. On the other hand, in plants that were pretreated with MeJA and then treated with Cd, MDA and H₂O₂ content significantly decreased but growth parameter and free radical scavenging compounds increased. We concluded that MeJA increased antioxidative capacity in this plant against Cd as heavy metal stress.