Enzymatic defences against photooxidative stress induced by ultraviolet radiation in Arctic marine macroalgae

• Main Authors: Jose´aguilera Ae, Angelika Dummermuth Ulf, Karsten Ae, Raimund Schriek Ae, Christian Wiencke
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Kongsfjord; Norway; Svalbard; Kongsfjord*; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1082.5235; http://www.biblioteca.uma.es/bbldoc/articulos/16639182.pdf

Abstract The activities of the antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione reductase (GR), ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and catalase (CAT), as well as the content of the antioxidant compound ascorbic acid, were determined in five green, seven red and ten brown macroalgal species from t...