Abstract
Natural herbicides may be more sustainable than their chemical homologues, but they are still toxic substances that can affect
humans and animals. Implementation of natural herbicides may require just as many safety precautions as the application of
commercial herbicides, hence the need not to confuse the term "organic" with "non toxic". Allelopathy is accomplished through
chemical inhibition of species towards each other, being an antagonistic phenomenon. Response and adaptation of Zea mays
plants under optimal conditions are assured by the existence of a complex system of adjustment at different levels of
organization. At the molecular level, the negative impact of the stressor can be to some extent a consequence of oxidative
damage, as biologically important molecules following imbalances between the productions of reactive oxygen species and
antioxidative protection. The subject of this survey consists in assessing the action of extractive solutions produced from
Aesculus hippocastanum on the enzymatic activity, the amount of chlorophyll, and the root elongation for the mitotic film the
plant cells, performed by phytobiological Mays test using Zea mays ssp.. In this context, the purpose of the present study consists
in assessing the role of antioxidant enzymes in the formation and development tolerance of Zea mays plants throughout their
development.