Table 5.

Effect of high growing temperature on antioxidant capacity of broccoli seedlings.

Inhibition %	Room Temperature	High Temperature	Δ (%)
ABTS	57.18 ± 5.18 b	93.64 ± 2.24 a	+64
DPPH	88.23 ± 0.87 a	58.41 ± 3.19 b	−34
FRAP	97.74 ± 0.56 b	99.00 ± 0.14 a	+1
β-carotene	7.55 ± 3.34 b	13.07 ± 4.85 a	+73

Values represent mean ± standard deviation of three biological replicates and three technical replicas. Different letters indicate a significant difference among the values in a row (ANOVA, Duncan’s test, p ≤ 0.05).