Photon emission properties of roasted soybean as related to reactive oxygen scavenging activities

In-Vivo Biophoton Emission, Physiological and Oxidative Responses of Biostimulant-Treated Winter Wheat (Triticum eastivum L.) as Seed Priming Possibility, for Heat Stress Alleviation

“…Biophoton emission (BPE) measurement is an emerging non-invasive in vivo imaging technique [ 13 ]. Plants emit photons; this occurs primarily during the oxidation of cell constituents, such as lipids, proteins and nucleic acids, bringing about the development of excited species, which then go through a transition phase, then return to their ground state emitting photons in the meantime [ 13 , 14 ] from various plant parts and tissues: chloroplasts [ 15 ], leaves [ 16 , 17 , 18 ], an aqueous extract of soybeans [ 19 ], and also in azuki bean and soybean seedlings [ 20 , 21 ]. It has been observed that biophoton release during lipid peroxidation shows intense activity, thus allowing accurate traceability of the plant stress response and oxidative damage.…”

“…Seed priming has been used not only to enable germ-free seeds to sprout, but recently also for enhancing the growth and developmental properties [ 20 ], as well as stress tolerance, of seedlings [ 28 , 29 ].…”

Effect of cadmium stress on certain physiological parameters, antioxidative enzyme activities and biophoton emission of leaves in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) seedlings

“…This phenomenon is a form of chemiluminescence and is thought to derive from electronically excited species forming concomitantly upon oxidative stress or oxidative metabolic processes. This type of chemiluminescence is universal as it has been detected in almost every biological tissue examined hitherto, such as spinach chloroplasts [ 2 ], an aqueous extract of crude and roasted soybeans [ 3 ], plant leaves [ 4 – 6 ], azuki bean seedlings [ 7 ] and soybean seedlings [ 8 ]. The oxidation of biomolecules such as lipids, proteins and nucleic acids induces the formation of electronically excited species, which, following undergoing an electronic transition phase, return to ground state [ 1 , 9 ].…”