. 2016 Jun 10;16:131. doi: 10.1186/s12870-016-0824-2

Table 1.

Comparative analysis of different antioxidant enzymes and ascorbate content in 14 days old seedlings of different rice cultivars

Cultivar	SOD (units mg protein^-1)	APX (μmol min^-1 mg protein^-1)	CAT (μmol min^-1 mg protein^-1)	GPX (μmol min^-1 mg protein^-1)	GR (μmol min^-1 mg protein^-1)	DHAR (μmol min^-1 mg protein^-1)	MDHAR (μmol min-1 mg protein^-1)	Reduced ascorbate/Oxidised ascorbate ratio
IR64	0.0243 ± 0.0023^d	19.85 ± 0.563^b	0.486 ± 0.012^a	51.16 ± 1.65^b	3.58 ± 0.045^b	1.02 ± 0.016^b	1.76 ± 0.068^b	0.739 ± 0 .027^b
PB	0.0387 ± 0.0021^c	18.55 ± 0.518^b	0.581 ± 0.003^a	51.80 ± 0.40^b	4.12 ± 0.112^b	1.05 ± 0.014^b	1.60 ± 0.063^b	0.698 ± 0.011^b
Luna Sankhi	0.0661 ± 0.0033^b	26.21 ± 0.301^a	0.277 ± 0.190^b	68.41 ± 3.45^a	5.98 ± 0.276^a	1.43 ± 0.05^a	2.24 ± 0.060^a	0.884 ± 0.017^a
Luna Suvarna	0.0866 ± 0.0008^a	26.13 ± 0.230^a	0.397 ± 0.013^b	75.51 ± 1.68^a	5.91 ± 0.072^a	1.49 ± 0.05^a	2.28 ± 0.075^a	0.905 ± 0.033^a

(SOD Superoxide Dismutase, APX Ascorbate Peroxidase, CAT Catalase, GPX Guaicol Peroxidase, GR Glutathione Reductase, DHAR Dehydroascorbate Reductase, MDHAR Monodehydroascorbate Reductase). Values represent mean ± SE (n = 3)

Different letters (^a, ^b, ^c, ^d) within cultivars are significantly different (Tukey LSD, p ≤ 0.05)