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. 2020 Jan 23;26(3):475–487. doi: 10.1007/s12298-020-00761-x

Table 3.

Influence of fullerol foliar application on oxidative stress markers and enzymatic antioxidant activities of salinity stressed wheat seedlings (means; n = 4 ± SE)

Source of variation Oxidative stress and enzymatic antioxidant activities
MDA contents (nmol g−1 FW) H2O2 contents (mmol g−1 FW) SOD activity (U mg−1 protein) CAT activity (U mg−1 protein) POD activity (U mg−1 protein) APX activity (U mg−1 protein)
Control
Control 7.75ab ± 0.72 0.65d ± 0.03 0.43f ± 0.04 0.85efg ± 0.06 4.70bc ± 0.09 0.59 cd ± 0.05
10 nM PHF 7.41b ± 0.14 0.77d ± 0.06 0.54e ± 0.04 0.91def ± 0.10 3.65c ± 0.41 0.67bc ± 0.08
40 nM PHF 8.70ab ± 0.24 0.72d ± 0.06 0.43f ± 0.05 0.69 g ± 0.04 3.68c ± 0.55 0.49d ± 0.01
80 nM PHF 8.90ab ± 0.38 0.82d ± 0.08 0.43f ± 0.05 1.00cdef ± 0.05 3.50c ± 0.19 0.47d ± 0.03
120 nM PHF 7.73ab ± 0.57 0.86 cd ± 0.03 0.46f ± 0.04 1.04cde ± 0.06 4.91b ± 0.37 0.68bc ± 0.05
150 mM NaCl
Control 15.9a ± 1.50 1.85a ± 0.06 0.73d ± 0.04 1.09 cd ± 0.01 5.70b ± 0.25 0.72bc ± 0.04
10 nM PHF 11.3ab ± 1.13 1.37b ± 0.10 0.79c ± 0.08 1.14c ± 0.09 4.58bc ± 0.53 0.49d ± 0.03
40 nM PHF 9.08ab ± 0.37 1.42b ± 0.11 1.01a ± 0.04 1.57a ± 0.10 6.94a ± 0.46 1.06a ± 0.08
80 nM PHF 9.65ab ± 0.73 1.13bc ± 0.06 1.01a ± 0.08 1.37b ± 0.06 5.78b ± 0.51 0.82b ± 0.04
120 nM PHF 12.3ab ± 0.95 1.41b ± 0.10 0.89b ± 0.07 0.81 fg ± 0.04 5.15b ± 0.22 0.50d ± 0.07

Means with different lowercase letter(s) within a column differ significantly at 5% probability level. MDA, malondialdehyde; H2O2, hydrogen peroxide

SOD superoxide dismutase, CAT catalase, POD peroxidise, APX ascorbate peroxidase