Serbest
radikaller ve reaktif bileşikleri (reaktif oksijen türleri, rekatif azot
türleri ve reaktif karbonil türleri) öğretmek, bitkilerde oksidatif stres
kavramını ve strese karşı savunma mekanizmalarını öğretmek, antioksidan
aktiviteyi ölçebilmek ve antioksidan enzimlerin aktivite ölçme metodlarını
göstermek dersin temel amacıdır./ The course aims to teach
the oxidative stress concept in plants and defense metabolisms against stress,
to measure the antioxidant activity, and to show the extraction and isolation
methods of antioxidant enzymes in plants. Free radicals are naturally formed in
metabolic processes such as photosynthesis and respiration. These free radicals are eliminated by enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant systems in
stress-free conditions. The radicals cause oxidative damage ıf production
of free radicals extremely increases and unless the radical property of these
eliminates. All of the metabolic processes and particularly cell membranes are
affected by this damage. The defense ability of plants against oxidative
stress is possible to increase with biotechnological methods and various
applications.