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. 2020 Apr 23;10:6883. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-63986-6

Table 2.

Mean square values of the analysis of variance of oxidized glutathione (GSSG) (nmole g−1 FW), total glutathione (GT) (nmole g−1 FW), reduced glutathione (GSH) (nmole g−1 FW), GSH/GSSG, Glutathione reductase (GR) (µmol min−1 mg protein−1), catalase (CAT) activity (U mg−1 protein), peroxidase (POD) activity (U mg−1 protein) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) and activity (U mg−1 protein).

Source of variants df GSSG GT GSH GSH/GSSG GR CAT POD SOD
Species (S) 1 85.71** 30731.13** 36352.05** 31.75ns 0.0004** 0.0004** 0.004** 0.007**
Drought (D) 2 20875.64** 521364.43** 188251.46** 33110.52** 140.29** 0.02** 0.63** 0.004**
Melatonin (M) 4 281.50** 40178.05** 53509.01** 1092.27** 3.49** 0.0008** 0.01** 0.001**
S × D 2 63.56** 2517.30** 3992.04** 15.44ns 0.47** 0.000003 ns 0.0004* 0.003**
S × M 4 8.28** 1072.17** 806.11** 6.62ns 0.01 ns 0.00006 ns 0.00008 ns 0.0002**
D × M 8 80.54** 6338.33** 9166.92** 345.67** 0.08** 0.00008* 0.003** 0.0001**
S × D × M 8 3.88** 418.35* 346.75* 4.54ns 0.05* 0.00005ns 0.00006ns 0.0003**
Error 60 0.6 158.12 190.19 11.76 0.02 0.00003 0.00008 0.000002
CV (%) 2.98 3.80 4.95 11.62 3.42 10.87 6.23 4.74

* and **: Significant at the 5% and 1% probability levels, respectively., ns: Non- Significant, according to the LSD multiple range test at P ≤ 0.05. df, degrees of freedom.