Researchers describe how Vitamin E works in plants under extreme conditions

Vitamin E is a strong antioxidant that could act as a sentinel in plants, sending molecular signs from chloroplast, a cell organelle, to the nucleus under extreme environmental conditions. This is among the conclusions of an article published in Trends in Plant Science by Sergi Munné-Bosch and Paula Muñoz from the Faculty of Biology of the University of Barcelona (UB).

from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2JDVAwn