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. 2015 Feb 2;2015:208649. doi: 10.1155/2015/208649

Table 1.

Effect of CuCl2 on the production of defense and antioxidative enzymes in tomato plants. Values represent mean ± SE of three separate experiments, each in triplicate.

Enzymes Control Concentrations of CuCl2
1 mM 2.5 mM 5 mM
Peroxidase (PO) [µmol min−1 g−1 protein] 188.45 ± 14.01c 267.96 ± 7.90b 334.51 ± 9.23a 239.55 ± 9.10b
Polyphenol oxidase (PPO) [U min−1 g−1 protein] 29.44 ± 1.12c 32.25 ± 2.08c 54.77 ± 2.37a 40.855 ± 1.47b
Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL)
[nmol of trans-cinnamic acid min−1 g−1 protein]
94.23 ± 4.39d 123.55 ± 6.95c 165.22 ± 3.12a 140.38 ± 3.78b
β-1,3 Glucanase
[µmol glucose produced min−1 g−1 protein]
26.38 ± 2.29d 40.1 ± 1.13c 53.25 ± 2.34a 47.1 ± 1.39b
Catalase (CAT) [mmol min−1 g−1 protein] 6.83 ± 0.30d 11.74 ± 0.61c 15.09 ± 0.47b 17.67 ± 0.56a
Ascorbate peroxidase (APX) [µmol min−1 g−1 protein] 0.177 ± 0.021c 0.321 ± 0.024b 0.408 ± 0.025a 0.253 ± 0.014b

Sharing the same letter are not significantly different (P < 0.05) using Duncan's multiple range test.