. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 30.

Published in final edited form as: J Environ Sci Health C Environ Carcinog Ecotoxicol Rev. 2019 Oct 29;37(4):330–355. doi: 10.1080/10590501.2019.1676600

Table 3.

Root length and mass of three beans in presence of AgNP solutions.

		Root length (mm)			Root mass (mg)
		Black eye	Garbanzo	Lentil	Black eye	Garbanzo	Lentil
Control	Water	28.4 ± 2.2	16.6 ± 2.0	19.8 ± 1.5	91.2 ± 9.9	45.8 ± 7.8	27.0 ± 4.8
	Citrate	27.6± 1.8	16.4 ± 2.0	19.1 ± 2.2	78.4 ± 7.9	44.6 ± 6.7	25.7 ± 3.7
[AgNP], ppm	2	30.5 ± 2.4	16.7 ± 2.4	27.0 ±2.0^*	89.0 ± 12.2	43.2 ± 7.5	30.0 ± 5.8
	5	30.6± 1.8	16.5 ± 2.3	26.3 ± 2.0^*	95.3 ± 10.2	47.6 ± 5.9	27.1 ± 5.1
	10	31.5 ± 2.6	16.3 ± 2.2	24.8 ± 1.6^*	102.3 ± 11.7	49.4 ± 6.7	28.3 ± 6.6
	20	32.5 ± 2.5	18.6 ± 2.5	23.4 ± 1.8^*	104.1 ± 14.1	60.5 ± 8.0	24.7 ± 7.1
	50	34.1 ± 1.8^*	17.9 ± 2.4	22.5 ± 2.3	117.6 ± 12.0^*	56.2 ± 8.2	24.9 ± 5.4

Note: Same volume of water and sodium citrate (citrate) solution are used as control.

Significance is confirmed by one-way ANOVA, p < 0.05, as compared to control groups.