Annals of Botany 89: 500-501, 2002
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The redox state and circadian rhythms. Vanden Driessche T, Guisset J-L, Petiau-de Vries GM, eds. 2000.
The redox state and circadian rhythms.
Vanden Driessche T, Guisset J-L, Petiau-de Vries GM, eds. 2000.
Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. £84 (hardback). 283 pp.
The concept that circadian rhythmicity and redox state are necessarily and intimately linked is widely accepted. This volume presents evidence in support of this view, emphasizing the crucial importance and role of antioxidative protection. The overview provides a neat synopsis of each of the specialist contributions. Moreover, it provides a unique personal perspective on the essential ideas presented in each chapter, taking the conclusions even further to provide an integrated view. This makes the