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. 2023 Nov 21;29(12):1897–1913. doi: 10.1007/s12298-023-01391-9

Table 3.

Amount of soluble protein (mg/g) present in control and MgO-NPs primed spinach. MgO-NPs exposure evidently enhanced the content of soluble protein

pH2 pH3 pH4 pH5 pH6 pH7 pH8 pH9 pH10 pH11 pH12
Control 0.171 ± 0.01a 0.208 ± 0.03a 0.214 ± 0.01a 0.215 ± 0.01a 0.224 ± 0.01a 0.225 ± 0.01a 0.26 ± 0.01a 0.495 ± 0.02a 0.53 ± 0.01a 0.534 ± 0.01a 0.542 ± 0.001a
N-10 0.178 ± 0.01ab 0.21 ± 0.01a 0.215 ± 0.03a 0.245 ± 0.01b 0.249 ± 0.01b 0.257 ± 0.02b 0.266 ± 0.01a 0.5 ± 0.03a 0.534 ± 0.01a 0.538 ± 0.01a 0.544 ± 0.001a
N-50 0.198 ± 0.01bc 0.233 ± 0.01b 0.25 ± 0.01b 0.257 ± 0.01bc 0.259 ± 0.01c 0.29 ± 0.01c 0.316 ± 0.01b 0.528 ± 0.03a 0.541 ± 0.01a 0.543 ± 0.01ab 0.548 ± 0.003a
N-100 0.205 ± 0.01c 0.245 ± 0.03bc 0.255 ± 0.01b 0.271 ± 0.01c 0.294 ± 0.01d 0.333 ± 0.02d 0.386 ± 0.01c 0.531 ± 0.01a 0.544 ± 0.01a 0.55 ± 0.01b 0.593 ± 0.01b
N-150 0.209 ± 0.03c 0.247 ± 0.01c 0.258 ± 0.01b 0.309 ± 0.01d 0.315 ± 0.01e 0.345 ± 0.01d 0.389 ± 0.01c 0.533 ± 0.003a 0.545 ± 0.003a 0.552 ± 0.004b 0.601 ± 0.01b

With the change in pH from acid to basic conditions, the soluble protein was significantly increased on nanopriming than control spinach

Note: Different superscript letters in the Table are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05 according to Duncan’s multiple range test (DMRT)