Table Of ContentNeurotransmitters in Plants
Neurotransmitters in Plants
Perspectives and Applications
Edited by
Akula Ramakrishna
Victoria V. Roshchina
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Names: Ramakrishna, Akula, editor. | Roshchina, V. V. (Viktoriëiìa
Vladimirovna), editor.
Title: Neurotransmitters in plants : perspectives and applications / editors:
Akula Ramakrishna and Victoria V. Roshchina.
Description: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. |
Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018011298 | ISBN 9781138560772 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Plant physiology. | Neurotransmitters.
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Contents
Preface...............................................................................................................................................ix
Acknowledgments .............................................................................................................................xi
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................xiii
Editors .............................................................................................................................................xix
Contributors ....................................................................................................................................xxi
Section i At the Beginning of Systematic
Studies of neurotransmitters’ Systems
in Plants and Modern tendency
Chapter 1 Cholinesterase Activity in Plants: Reminiscences of Working with Mordecai J. Jaffe .....3
Richard A. Fluck
Chapter 2 Plant Acetylcholinesterase Plays an Important Role in the Response
to Environmental Stimuli .............................................................................................9
Kosuke Yamamoto and Yoshie S. Momonoki
Chapter 3 Neurotransmitters in Marine and Freshwater Algae ..................................................35
Kathryn L. Van Alstyne, Richard L. Ridgway, and Timothy A. Nelson
Section ii Role of neurotransmitters in Regulation
of Growth and Development
Chapter 4 Melatonin and Serotonin in Plant Morphogenesis and Development ........................57
Lauren A.E. Erland and Praveen K. Saxena
Chapter 5 The Multi-Regulatory Properties of Melatonin in Plants ..........................................71
Marino B. Arnao and Josefa Hernández-Ruiz
Chapter 6 Serotonin and Melatonin in Root Morphogenesis: Functions and Mechanisms......103
Ramón Pelagio-Flores, Jesús Salvador López-Bucio, and José López-Bucio
Chapter 7 Acetylcholine as a Regulator of Differentiation and Development in Tomato ........113
Kiran Bamel and Rajendra Gupta
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Section iii cellular Location of neurotransmitters:
their Reception and Signaling
Chapter 8 Tools for Microanalysis of the Neurotransmitter Location in Plant Cells ...............135
Victoria V. Roshchina
Chapter 9 Inter- and Intracellular Signaling in Plant Cells with Participation of
Neurotransmitters (Biomediators) ............................................................................147
Victoria V. Roshchina
Chapter 10 Neurotransmitters in Characean Electrical Signaling .............................................181
Vilma Kisnieriene, Indre Lapeikaite, and Vilmantas Pupkis
Chapter 11 Dopamine and Their Antagonist Modulates Ion Transport and Cytoplasmic
Streaming in Chara Cells.........................................................................................201
Anatolii A. Kataev, Olga M. Zherelova, V.M. Grischenko, and R.Sh. Shtanchaev
Chapter 12 Possible Participation of Acetylcholine in Free-Radical Processes
(Redox Reactions) in Living Cells ...........................................................................211
Bogdan A. Kurchii
Chapter 13 GABA/BABA Priming Causes Signaling of Defense Pathways Related to
Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants ............................................................................219
K.C. Jisha, A.M. Shackira, and Jos T. Puthur
Chapter 14 Glutamate Sensing in Plants .....................................................................................231
Jesús Salvador López-Bucio, Homero Reyes de la Cruz, and
A. Arturo Guevara-García
Section iV Role of neurotransmitters in Relationships
of organisms in Biocenosis
Chapter 15 Role of Acetylcholine System in Allelopathy of Plants ...........................................243
Rashmi Sharma and Rajendra Gupta
Chapter 16 Production of Neurochemicals by Microorganisms: Implications for
Microbiota–Plant Interactivity .................................................................................271
Alexander V. Oleskin and Boris A. Shenderov
Chapter 17 Possible Role of Biogenic Amines in Plant–Animal Relations ................................281
Victoria V. Roshchina
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Section V Methodical and Practical Aspects of
neurotransmitters’ enriched Plants
for Agronomy, Food and Medicine
Chapter 18 Current Advancements of Serotonin Analysis in Plants: Insights into
Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies ............................................................293
Soumya Mukherjee and Akula Ramakrishna
Chapter 19 Biogenic Amines in Plant Food ...............................................................................305
Kamil Ekici and Abdullah Khalid Omer
Chapter 20 Neurotransmitters in Medicinal Plants ....................................................................331
Dimitrii A. Konovalov
Chapter 21 Phytoextracts and Their Derivatives Affecting Neurotransmission
Relevant to Alzheimer’s Disease: An Ethno-Medicinal Perspective .......................357
Atanu Bhattacharjee
Chapter 22 Neurotransmitters in Edible Plants: Implications in Human Health .......................387
Paramita Bhattacharjee and Soumi Chakraborty
Index ..............................................................................................................................................409
Preface
Neurotransmitters (neuromediators)—named so by neurophysiologists—had been first discovered
in fungi and later found to function in mammals as signaling substances and regulators. Today, the
compounds are found in plants and microorganisms, where they play multifunctional roles and are
called biomediators. In our time, we constantly see universal chemical bases of life in the living
world—from proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids to small molecules known traditionally as neu-
rotransmitters. After the first monographs devoted to the presence and function of the compounds
in plants, published in 1991 and 2001, many new works in the field appeared. In this connection,
a necessity arose to combine the new information in a collective issue, showing both achievements
and perspectives for investigations and human practices. This book will address the work at the
margins of current research in plant biology and provide powerful tools for both analyzing and
manipulating organisms. Efforts by scientists from many countries have been concentrated on the
occurrences of neurotransmitters in plants, their functions in plant cells, and practical application
of the knowledge about acetylcholine, catecholamines, serotonin, melatonin, histamine, gamma-
aminobutyric acid, and glutamine for ecology, agriculture, medicine, and food industry.
This current book may be used by universities and academies, libraries, and research organiza-
tions and scientists who work in this field, including wider ring of biologists—biochemists, physi-
ologists, botanists, and those working in the appropriate industry. The text appears for use in special
courses for students, both graduate and post-graduate.
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