Abstract:The relative water content (RWC), cell permeability (PERM); the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT), the malondialdehyde (MDA) content produced by lipid peroxidation, and the components offatty acid in membrane lipid of potted persimmon tree leaves were measuredunder different water conditions. The results indicated that as the soil waterpotential (ψS) decreased, cell permeability (PERM) increased, the activities of SODand CAT decreased, lipid perxidatin increased, the content of unsaturated fattyacid in membrane lipid reduced, while the saturated fatty acid content raised.It was proved that the changes in all indexes were most obvious as soil water potential ψS =-3.80±0.47bar. There were significant correlations between SOD activity, CAT activity, MDA content, PERM, index of unsaturatedfatty acid (IUFA) and leaf tissue relative water content (RWC), as well assoil water potential (ψS) under the present experimental conditions for youngpersimmon tree.