Table 4.

Antioxidant capacity (µmol Fe(II) mg⁻¹ DW), leaf total phenols (mg GAE g⁻¹ DW), rosmarinic acid (mg g⁻¹ DW) and total chlorophyll content (mg g⁻¹ DW) 5 days after storage in basil plants subjected to different Se treatments (0, 4, 8 and 12 mg Se L⁻¹) and harvested twice from subsequent regrowth (1st and 2nd cut).

Se Added	Cut	Antioxidant Capacity	Total Phenol Content	Rosmarinic Acid Content	Total Chlorophyll
mg L−1		µmol Fe (II) mg−1 DW	mg GAE g−1 DW	mg g−1 DW	mg g−1 DW
0	1st	232 a	12.0 a	24.1 a	7.5 a
	2nd	224 a	14.4 a	25.5 a	5.6 a
4	1st	263 a	11.5 a	33.0 a	6.8 a
	2nd	245 a	16.8 a	34.0 a	5.8 a
8	1st	302 a	12.7 a	30.4 a	7.4 a
	2nd	236 a	16.3 a	30.4 a	5.0 a
12	1st	370 a	21.4 a	66.7 a	7.0 a
	2nd	342 a	22.5 a	47.8 a	5.3 a
Main Effects
0		228 b	13.2 b	24.8 b	6.6 a
4		254 b	14.1 b	33.5 b	6.3 a
8		269 b	14.5 b	30.4 b	6.2 a
12		356 a	22.0 a	57.2 a	6.1 a
	1st	292 a	14.4 a	38.5 a	7.2 a
	2nd	262 a	17.5 a	34.4 a	5.4 b
Analysis of Variance
Cut (A)		ns	*	ns	***
Se concentration (B)		***	***	***	ns
A × B		ns	ns	ns	ns

Values followed by different letters in the same column differ significantly at 5% level by the LSD test. Significance level: *** p ≤ 0.001; ** p ≤ 0.01; * p ≤ 0.05; ns: not significant. Mean separation within columns by LSD test, p = 0.05.