TABLE 5.

Proteins, Phenolics, and chlorophyll a, b concentrations in brinjal plant (Solanum melongena) as affected by various treatments: Control (CN); bentonite (BN); Iron Oxide nanoparticles (FOP); Cerium-doped iron oxide nanoparticles (CFOP); Azotobacter nigricans sp. (BT); BN + FOP; BN + CFOP; BN + BT; FOP + BT; T10 = CFOP + BT.

Treatments	Protein content (μ g g–1)			Phenolics content (μ g g–1)			Chlorophyll a (mg mL–1)	Chlorophyll b (mg mL–1)
	Root	Stem	Leaf	Root	Stem	Leaf	Leaf	Leaf
CN	8.91 ± 0.02i	8.50 ± 0.10h	6.55 ± 0.12h	51.6 ± 0.14e	52.2 ± 1.20f	53.2 ± 0.21d	1.20 ± 0.11e	2.15 ± 0.09f
BN	11.1 ± 0.17g	11.7 ± 0.07c	8.59 ± 0.22g	52.3 ± 1.13de	56.4 ± 1.83d	55.8 ± 0.91cd	4.88 ± 0.25b	4.71 ± 0.14bc
FOP	10.7 ± 0.15h	9.02 ± 0.07f	10.2 ± 0.20e	53.8 ± 0.49cd	53.3 ± 0.77ef	58.5 ± 4.87c	3.85 ± 0.07c	4.29 ± 0.29cd
CFOP	19.8 ± 0.05a	13.2 ± 0.07b	14.4 ± 0.15a	66.5 ± 0.14a	91.5 ± 0.42a	63.6 ± 0.14b	6.22 ± 0.05a	7.73 ± 0.41a
BT	9.05 ± 0.12i	9.59 ± 0.02e	8.84 ± 0.07fg	54.8 ± 0.91c	53.9 ± 0.35ef	53.4 ± 0.28d	2.29 ± 0.20d	3.25 ± 0.02e
BN + FOP	12.0 ± 0.05f	8.87 ± 0.05g	11.5 ± 0.05c	53.9 ± 1.06cd	52.7 ± 0.07ef	56.1 ± 0.14cd	4.04 ± 0.49b	4.16 ± 0.33d
BN + CFOP	12.4 ± 0.02e	8.05 ± 0.02i	10.8 ± 0.17d	54.1 ± 0.14c	59.5 ± 0.21c	58.2 ± 0.91c	4.53 ± 0.11e	3.23 ± 0.11e
BN + BT	14.9 ± 0.07c	8.73 ± 0.07g	9.05 ± 0.07f	54.1 ± 1.55c	54.2 ± 0.14e	55.2 ± 0.28c	4.53 ± 0.34b	4.71 ± 0.40bc
FOP + BT	17.4 ± 0.02b	17.2 ± 0.05a	12.0 ± 0.16b	61.2 ± 0.26b	65.4 ± 1.41b	72.6 ± 0.07a	5.72 ± 0.22a	5.14 ± 0.16b
CFOP + BT	14.5 ± 0.05d	11.1 ± 0.15d	11.2 ± 0.12cd	53.7 ± 0.63cd	83.0 ± 0.35ef	56.1 ± 0.14cd	2.19 ± 0.17d	2.81 ± 0.20e

Values are average of 2 replicates ± SE. Different letters shows that the values are significantly different from each other.