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. 2012 Jan 20;63(7):2449–2464. doi: 10.1093/jxb/err418

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5.

Inhibitory activity of kiwifruit (cv. ‘Hayward’) phenolic extracts against pBR322 plasmid DNA oxidation induced by hydroxyl radicals (HO) (A,B), peroxynitrite (ONOO) (C,D), or peroxyl radicals (ROO) (E,F) during shelf life (20 °C) for 1 day after 1, 3, and 5 months of cold storage (0 °C, 95% relative humidity). (A,C,E) Forms of DNA in the presence of HO (A), ONOO (C), or ROO (E) plus kiwifruit extracts: I, supercoiled DNA; II, open circular DNA; III, linear DNA. Lanes: Intact DNA, intact DNA; Oxidized DNA, DNA oxidized by HO (A), ONOO (C), or ROO (E); L1–L6, kiwifruit extracts stored for the indicated times and sampled after 1 day. (B,D,F) Relative DNA breakage induced by HO (B), ONOO (D), and ROO (F). The total intensity of the three DNA forms per lane is set to a value of 100. Values are means ± SE (n = 3). Bars for each shelf-life period with different letters are statistically significant (Duncan’s multiple range test, P < 0.05).