Li Y. H. author Liu Y. J. author Xu X. L. author Jin M. author An L. Z. author Zhang H. author text journal article 2012 Brassinosteroids (BRs) have been proposed to increase the resistance of plants to drought stress. The effect of foliar application of 0.1 μM 24-epibrassinolide (EBR) on chlorophyll (Chl) content, photosystem 2 (PS 2) photochemistry, membrane permeability, lipid peroxidation, relative water content (RWC), proline content, and the antioxidant system in drought-stressed Chorispora bungeana plants was investigated. The results showed that polyethylene glycol (PEG) induced water stress decreased RWC, Chl content and variable to maximum Chl fluorescence ratio (F_v/F_m) less in plants pretreated with EBR than in non-pretreated plants. In addition, lipid peroxidation, measured in terms of malondialdehyde content, membrane permeability and proline content in drought-stressed plants were less increased in EBR pretreated plants, while antioxidative enzyme activities and reduced ascorbate and glutathione contents were more increased in EBR pretreated than in non-pretreated plants. These results suggested that EBR could improve plant growth under drought stress antioxidative enzymes; brassinosteroids; chlorophyll; lipid peroxidation; membrane permeability; photosystem; proline; reactive oxygen species 10.1007/s10535-012-0041-2 https://bp.ueb.cas.cz/artkey/bpl-201201-0034.php https://bp.ueb.cas.cz/artkey/bpl-201201-0034.php continuing 56 1 192 196 2012 periodical academic journal