TABLE 3.

Phytotoxicity analysis of DR81 (100 mg/l) and metabolites produced after decolorization.

	V. radiate			R. sativus			A. esculentus
	Control	Dye	Product	Control	Dye	Product	Control	Dye	Product
Germination (%)	99.00 ± 1.00	30.00 ± 2.00	96.60 ± 1.52	99.66 ± 0.57	30.00 ± 2.64	940.0 ± 1.00	99.33 ± 1.15	36.33 ± 1.15	94.66 ± 1.52
Root length (cm)	9.18 ± 0.02	4.25 ± 0.32	8.56 ± 0.30	8.13 ± 0.20	4.13 ± 0.20	7.19 ± 0.13	12.76 ± 0.28	6.30 ± 0.26	10.33 ± 0.41
Shoot length (cm)	7.30 ± 0.26	2.16 ± 0.12	6.60 ± 0.30	8.31 ± 0.25	5.11 ± 0.08	6.15 ± 0.29	7.23 ± 0.09	2.06 ± 0.12	5.95 ± 0.10
Biomass (g)	0.30 ± 0.07	0.09 ± 0.01	0.27 ± 0.09	0.20 ± 0.03	0.07 ± 0.06	0.19 ± 0.03	0.41 ± 0.07	0.19 ± 0.02	0.39 ± 0.06
Chlorophyll-a (μ g/ml)	11.26 ± 0.37	8.14 ± 0.22	10.24 ± 0.62	12.13 ± 0.22	8.58 ± 0.52	11.41 ± 0.39	11.98 ± 0.07	8.29 ± 0.34	11.13 ± 0.13
Chlorophyll-b (μ g/ml)	4.54 ± 0.35	2.50 ± 0.39	4.12 ± 0.22	4.34 ± 0.21	2.77 ± 0.34	4.19 ± 0.22	5.10 ± 0.16	2.30 ± 0.13	4.67 ± 0.38
Carotenoids (μ g/ml)	8.49 ± 0.93	3.56 ± 0.17	8.26 ± 0.08	11.15 ± 1.78	3.72 ± 0.46	8.25 ± 0.46	10.22 ± 0.92	3.97 ± 0.31	7.09 ± 0.89