Paper · 2025 · Russian Journal of Plant Physiology

Ibuprofen Regulates Redox Metabolism and Nitric Oxide Content in Early Growth Stages of Wheat Plants

D. R. Maslennikova

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Abstract

Ibuprofen (IBU) is among the world’s most popular and widely used nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Despite the prevalence of the pharmaceutical drugs in water and sediments worldwide, the effects of IBU on plants are largely unknown. In this work, the effect of IBU on wheat plants Triticum aestivum L. cv. Ekada 70 under normal and salinization (100 mM NaCl) was analyzed. Seed priming with 100 μM IBU has a growth-promoting and protective effect on the growth parameters (germination energy, length, biomasses) of 5-day-old wheat plants. IBU causes accumulation of chlorophylls a and b as well as carotenoids, which increases photosynthesis. Under salinity, treatment prevents stress-induced depletion of photosynthetic pigments. The ability of drug to increase antioxidant potential of plants was found, which is reflected in the balanced generation of ROS ( $${\text{O}}_{2}^{{\bullet - }}$$ and H2O2) and activation of SOD and CAT. Under stress, IBU treatment reduced the damaging accumulation of ROS and excessive activation of enzymes, exerting a protective effect on the antioxidant system, which is confirmed by data on lipid peroxidation. For the first time, it was discovered that the growth-stimulating effect of the drug is associated with its ability to influence the content of NO. The application of cPTIO revealed the existence of NO-independent pathways to regulate growth and sustainability in IBU implemented effects.

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Claims 12

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Seed priming with 100 μM IBU had a growth-promoting effect on germination energy, length and biomass of 5-day-old wheat plants.

Taxon
wheat plantsTriticum aestivume2
Material
Ekada 70e2
Organ / stage
5-day-old wheat plantse1
Treatment
Seed priming with 100 μM IBUe1
Outcome
growth parameters (germination energy, length, biomasses)e1
Direction
growth-promotinge1

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
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e1

“Seed priming with 100 μM IBU has a growth-promoting and protective effect on the growth parameters (germination energy, length, biomasses) of 5-day-old wheat plants”

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e2

“In this work, the effect of IBU on wheat plants Triticum aestivum L. cv. Ekada 70 under normal and salinization (100 mM NaCl) was analyzed.”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

IBU increased the accumulation of chlorophylls a and b and of carotenoids in wheat plants.

Taxon
wheat plantsTriticum aestivume2
Treatment
IBUe3
Outcome
chlorophylls a and b as well as carotenoidse3
Direction
accumulatione3

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
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e2

“In this work, the effect of IBU on wheat plants Triticum aestivum L. cv. Ekada 70 under normal and salinization (100 mM NaCl) was analyzed.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 248–387 · show in text ↑
e3

“IBU causes accumulation of chlorophylls a and b as well as carotenoids, which increases photosynthesis”

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Intervention effectauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

IBU increased photosynthesis in wheat plants.

Taxon
wheat plantsTriticum aestivume2
Treatment
IBUe3
Outcome
photosynthesise3
Direction
increasese3

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
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e2

“In this work, the effect of IBU on wheat plants Triticum aestivum L. cv. Ekada 70 under normal and salinization (100 mM NaCl) was analyzed.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 248–387 · show in text ↑
e3

“IBU causes accumulation of chlorophylls a and b as well as carotenoids, which increases photosynthesis”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 554–656 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Under salinity, IBU treatment prevented the stress-induced depletion of photosynthetic pigments in wheat plants.

Taxon
wheat plantsTriticum aestivume2
Treatment
100 mM NaCle2
Outcome
depletion of photosynthetic pigmentse4
Direction
preventse4

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
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e2

“In this work, the effect of IBU on wheat plants Triticum aestivum L. cv. Ekada 70 under normal and salinization (100 mM NaCl) was analyzed.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 248–387 · show in text ↑
e4

“Under salinity, treatment prevents stress-induced depletion of photosynthetic pigments”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

IBU increased the antioxidant potential of wheat plants.

Taxon
wheat plantsTriticum aestivume2
Treatment
druge5
Outcome
antioxidant potentiale5
Direction
increasee5

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Triticum aestivum
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e2

“In this work, the effect of IBU on wheat plants Triticum aestivum L. cv. Ekada 70 under normal and salinization (100 mM NaCl) was analyzed.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 248–387 · show in text ↑
e5

“The ability of drug to increase antioxidant potential of plants was found”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

IBU activated SOD and CAT in wheat plants.

Taxon
wheat plantsTriticum aestivume2
Treatment
IBUe2
Gene
SOD and CATe6
Outcome
activation of SOD and CATe6
Direction
activatione6

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
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e2

“In this work, the effect of IBU on wheat plants Triticum aestivum L. cv. Ekada 70 under normal and salinization (100 mM NaCl) was analyzed.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 248–387 · show in text ↑
e6

“activation of SOD and CAT”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

IBU was reflected in balanced generation of ROS in wheat plants.

Taxon
wheat plantsTriticum aestivume2
Treatment
IBUe2
Outcome
generation of ROSe7
Direction
balancede7

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
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e2

“In this work, the effect of IBU on wheat plants Triticum aestivum L. cv. Ekada 70 under normal and salinization (100 mM NaCl) was analyzed.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 248–387 · show in text ↑
e7

“balanced generation of ROS”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Under stress, IBU treatment reduced the damaging accumulation of ROS in wheat plants.

Taxon
wheat plantsTriticum aestivume2
Treatment
IBU treatmente5
Outcome
damaging accumulation of ROSe5
Direction
reducede5

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
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e2

“In this work, the effect of IBU on wheat plants Triticum aestivum L. cv. Ekada 70 under normal and salinization (100 mM NaCl) was analyzed.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 248–387 · show in text ↑
e5

“Under stress, IBU treatment reduced the damaging accumulation of ROS and excessive activation of enzymes”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Under stress, IBU treatment reduced the excessive activation of enzymes in wheat plants.

Taxon
wheat plantsTriticum aestivume2
Treatment
IBU treatmente5
Outcome
excessive activation of enzymese5
Direction
reducede5

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
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Verbatim

e2

“In this work, the effect of IBU on wheat plants Triticum aestivum L. cv. Ekada 70 under normal and salinization (100 mM NaCl) was analyzed.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 248–387 · show in text ↑
e5

“Under stress, IBU treatment reduced the damaging accumulation of ROS and excessive activation of enzymes”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 951–1055 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

IBU had a protective effect on the antioxidant system of wheat plants under stress, confirmed by lipid peroxidation data.

Taxon
wheat plantsTriticum aestivume2
Treatment
IBU treatmente5
Outcome
lipid peroxidatione6
Direction
protective effecte6

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e2

“In this work, the effect of IBU on wheat plants Triticum aestivum L. cv. Ekada 70 under normal and salinization (100 mM NaCl) was analyzed.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 248–387 · show in text ↑
e5

“Under stress, IBU treatment reduced the damaging accumulation of ROS and excessive activation of enzymes”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 951–1055 · show in text ↑
e6

“exerting a protective effect on the antioxidant system, which is confirmed by data on lipid peroxidation”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1057–1161 · show in text ↑
Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The growth-stimulating effect of IBU in wheat plants is associated with its influence on NO content.

Taxon
wheat plantsTriticum aestivume2
Treatment
druge3
Compound
NOe3
Outcome
growth-stimulating effecte3

Not reportedDirection

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e2

“In this work, the effect of IBU on wheat plants Triticum aestivum L. cv. Ekada 70 under normal and salinization (100 mM NaCl) was analyzed.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 248–387 · show in text ↑
e3

“For the first time, it was discovered that the growth-stimulating effect of the drug is associated with its ability to influence the content of NO”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1163–1309 · show in text ↑
Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

NO-independent pathways regulate growth and sustainability in IBU-treated wheat plants.

Taxon
wheat plantsTriticum aestivume2
Treatment
cPTIOe4
Outcome
regulate growth and sustainabilitye4
Qualifier
NO-independent pathwayse4

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
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Verbatim

e2

“In this work, the effect of IBU on wheat plants Triticum aestivum L. cv. Ekada 70 under normal and salinization (100 mM NaCl) was analyzed.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 248–387 · show in text ↑
e4

“The application of cPTIO revealed the existence of NO-independent pathways to regulate growth and sustainability in IBU implemented effects”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1311–1450 · show in text ↑

ibuprofen · growth · Triticum aestivum (wheat)Results differ

3 papers: 2 positive, 1 negative or no effect

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sodium chloride · physiology: photosynthesis · Triticum aestivum (wheat)Results differ

32 papers: 6 positive, 26 negative or no effect

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ibuprofen · physiology: antioxidant enzymes · Triticum aestivum (wheat)Results agree

2 papers: 2 positive, 0 negative or no effect

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  1. positive
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ibuprofen · physiology: enzyme activity · Triticum aestivum (wheat)Results agree

2 papers: 2 positive, 0 negative or no effect

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  1. positive
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ibuprofen · physiology: oxidative · Triticum aestivum (wheat)Results agree

3 papers: 3 positive, 0 negative or no effect

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  1. positive
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seed treatment · growth · Triticum aestivum (wheat)Positive and negative results

293 papers: 259 positive, 34 negative or no effect

258 papers in the same direction as this paper · 31 in the opposite direction · 3 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. no effect
  2. no effect
  3. no effect

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