Figure 5.

Total (A), free (B) and bound (C) ferulic acid (FA) content (mg g⁻¹ DW) in seeds, early and late sprouts of rapeseed sprouted and grown with salt (NaCl) concentration 0, 25, 50, 100, 200 mM (S0, S25, S50, S100, S200, respectively) or sprouted with 100 mM and then grown with distilled water as recovery treatment (S100-R). Average values of duplicate determinations ± standard error are depicted. n.d., not detectable. Different letters within each graph indicate statistically significant differences at p = 0.05 (Fisher’s LSD). Lower case letters are for comparison within early sprouts; upper case letters for comparison within late sprouts.