Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Melatonin increased activities of superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, and catalase.

A claim from Melatonin promotes water‐stress tolerance, lateral root formation, and seed germination in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) · 2012

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Melatonin increased activities of superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, and catalase.

Treatment
melatonine0
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superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, and catalasee0
Outcome
activities of the ROS scavenging enzymese0
Direction
increasede0

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“activities of the ROS scavenging enzymes, i.e., superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, and catalase, were also increased by melatonin”

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Title

Melatonin promotes water‐stress tolerance, lateral root formation, and seed germination in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Na Zhang; Bing Zhao; Hai‐Jun Zhang; et al. Journal of Pineal Research 2012. doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.2012.01015.x

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melatonin · physiology: oxidative · Cucumis sativus (cucumber)Results agree

22 papers: 22 positive, 0 negative or no effect

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  1. positive
    Exogenous melatonin decreased oxidative damage induced by NaCl stress in cucumber seeds.

    Melatonin promotes seed germination under high salinity by regulating antioxidant systems, ABA and GA4 interaction in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) · 2014

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  2. positive
    Melatonin pretreatment reduced oxidative damage under salinity stress.

    Exogenous melatonin improves growth and photosynthetic capacity of cucumber under salinity-induced stress · 2015

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  3. positive
    Melatonin improved ROS scavenging under excess copper.

    Melatonin Alleviates Copper Toxicity via Improving Copper Sequestration and ROS Scavenging in Cucumber · 2018 · compared with excess Cu2+ conditions

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  4. positive
    Melatonin alleviated electrolyte leakage in chilled cucumber.

    Melatonin alleviates chilling stress in cucumber seedlings by up-regulation of CsZat12 and modulation of polyamine and abscisic acid metabolism · 2017

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  5. positive
    Pretreatment with 200 μM melatonin suppressed ROS levels in cucumber chloroplasts under chilling.

    Melatonin Increases the Chilling Tolerance of Chloroplast in Cucumber Seedlings by Regulating Photosynthetic Electron Flux and the Ascorbate-Glutathione Cycle · 2016

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  6. positive
    Melatonin significantly reduced cucumber seedling malondialdehyde content and electrolyte leakage rate under alkali stress.

    Multiple functions of exogenous melatonin in cucumber seed germination, seedling establishment, and alkali stress resistance · 2025

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  7. positive
    Melatonin seed pre-treatment seemed to limit H2O2 accumulation in cucumber during germination under optimal conditions, chilling stress and recovery.

    Exogenous Melatonin Improves Antioxidant Defense in Cucumber Seeds (Cucumis sativus L.) Germinated under Chilling Stress · 2016

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  8. positive
    Melatonin reduced electrolyte leakage, malondialdehyde and reactive oxygen species under cold stress relative to water.

    Nitric Oxide Functions as a Downstream Signal for Melatonin-Induced Cold Tolerance in Cucumber Seedlings · 2021 · compared with H 2 O treatment

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