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. 2020 May 27;11:674. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00674

TABLE 7.

Effect of Sb on the AsA, DHA, and ascorbate pool (AsA + DHA) contents, the AsA/DHA ratio, the GSH, GSSG, and glutathione pool (GSH + GSSG) contents, and the GSH/GSSG ratio, in roots and leaves of tomato plants.

Treatments AsA(nmol g−1 FW)
DHA(nmol g−1 FW)
AsA + DHA(nmol g−1 FW)
AsA/DHA
Roots Leaves Roots Leaves Roots Leaves Roots Leaves
Control 95.23 ± 9.73a 223.38 ± 35.36b 388.10 ± 28.17b 2195.65 ± 143.33a 483.33 ± 51.5b 2419.03 ± 133.36a 0.249 ± 0.011a 0.102 ± 0.089b
0.5 mM Sb 68.07 ± 5.51b 234.17 ± 38.63b 324.22 ± 34.83b 2127.77 ± 161.99a 361.14 ± 29.8c 2361.53 ± 208.86a 0.237 ± 0.021a 0.109 ± 0.008b
1.0 mM Sb 103.63 ± 6.64a 361.95 ± 45.60a 580.94 ± 69.43a 2053.25 ± 270.45a 684.56 ± 55.7a 2430.20 ± 224.06a 0.179 ± 0.009b 0.180 ± 0.021a

Treatments GSH(nmol g−1 FW)
GSSG(nmol g−1 FW)
GSH + GSSG(nmol g−1 FW)
GSH/GSSG
Roots Leaves Roots Leaves Roots Leaves Roots Leaves

Control 13.15 ± 2.0a 18.71 ± 3.1b 43.1 ± 3.9a 79.95 ± 8.2a 56.25 ± 5.8a 98.66 ± 11.4a 0.316 ± 0.029a 0.247 ± 0.013b
0.5 mM Sb 8.83 ± 1.4b 17.62 ± 2.6b 24.24 ± 3.5c 85.84 ± 9.1a 33.06 ± 4.1c 103.46 ± 8.5a 0.385 ± 0.030a 0.205 ± 0.091b
1.0 mM Sb 9.7 ± 1.6b 23.24 ± 3.0a 30.32 ± 2.2b 72.82 ± 6.5a 40.02 ± 3.6b 96.06 ± 10.5a 0.316 ± 0.025a 0.333 ± 0.021a

The data are from 10 independent experiments, each carried out in triplicate (different letters indicate significant differences at p < 0.05, Mann–Whitney U-test).