Book Reviews by Mamouha Stavroula
Mediterranean shrub lands and forests have to cope with a combination of several stress factors (... more Mediterranean shrub lands and forests have to cope with a combination of several stress factors (e.g. water limitation, high temperature, irradiation, salinity, insects, herbivores etc). A single stress agent causes changes in several parameters but when more than stress factors take place, plant responses in a more complicated way. The ability of most plants to survive and recover from unfavorable environments is attributed to morphological, biochemical and anatomical strategies. The objective of this study is to emphasize the effects of common abiotic stressful factors on the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites in common Mediterranean medicinal plants. A detailed search using four electronic search engines (such as Pubmed, Science Direct, Scopus and Google Scholar) was undertaken with the search terms: drought, temperature, Mediterranean stress, secondary metabolites, medicinal plants and their combinations. Physiological responses involve changes at metabolite alteration and/or accumulation of specific molecules, leading to a particular physiological response. Abiotic stress, especially drought, have impact on the metabolic pathways. The variety of the biosynthesis of chemical compounds depends mostly on the intensity and the duration of the stress impact. Thus, before collecting plant tissue to extract bioactive compounds, the environmental conditions should be considered.
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Mediterranean shrub lands and forests have to cope with a combination of several stress factors (... more Mediterranean shrub lands and forests have to cope with a combination of several stress factors (e.g. water limitation, high temperature, irradiation, salinity, insects, herbivores etc). A single stress agent causes changes in several parameters but when more than stress factors take place, plant responses in a more complicated way. The ability of most plants to survive and recover from unfavorable environments is attributed to morphological, biochemical and anatomical strategies. The objective of this study is to emphasize the effects of common abiotic stressful factors on the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites in common Mediterranean medicinal plants. A detailed search using four electronic search engines (such as Pubmed, Science Direct, Scopus and Google Scholar) was undertaken with the search terms: drought, temperature, Mediterranean stress, secondary metabolites, medicinal plants and their combinations. Physiological responses involve changes at metabolite alteration and/or...
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Book Reviews by Mamouha Stavroula
Papers by Mamouha Stavroula