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. 2010 Sep 16;8:54. doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-8-54

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Hypothetical model suggesting how plant food phytochemicals influence protective cellular defence systems (yellow box) in a similar manner as an optimal level of reactive oxygen species (ROS). It is possible that phytochemicals work by modulating ROS levels while regulating inducible defence systems.