Table 2.
The recovery of mitochondria from female- and male-stage spadix of skunk cabbage, potato, and cauliflower
| Skunk cabbage |
Potato | Cauliflower | ||
| Female-stage spadix | Male-stage spadix | |||
| Plant materials (g) | 12.43±0.24 (6.3)a | 12.23±0.46 (5) | 1265.26±751.07 | 547.16±250.20 |
| Recovery of mitochondrial protein (mg) | 6.68±0.50 | 3.57±0.46 | 27.14±16.40 | 0.74±0.14 |
| Mitochondrial protein/plant materials | 0.54±0.033 | 0.29±0.010 | 0.022±0.0011 | 0.0015±0.00042 |
Data are the means±SD of three independent processes of mitochondrial isolation in each group.
a
The number given in parenthesis represents the averaged total number of spadix used for mitochondrial isolation in three independent experiments.