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Table 8 Changes in peroxidase (POX) and glutathione S-transferase (GST) activities of three lentil cultivars using three doses of ethyl methane sulfonate (0.1, 0.2, and 0.3%)

From: Genetic Amelioration in lentil (Lens culinaris L.) using Different Doses of Ethyl Methane Sulphonate

Sample

POX specific activity*

GST specific activity*

G1 (control)

0.006 ± 0.001

0.08 ± 0.003

G1 (0.1 EMS)

0.011 ± 0.001

0.17 ± 0.005

G1 (0.2 EMS)

0.017 ± 0.001

0.17 ± 0.010

G1 (0.3 EMS)

0.060 ± 0.002

0.17 ± 0.005

G2 (control)

0.006 ± 0.001

0.10 ± 0.004

G2 (0.1 EMS)

0.011 ± 0.002

0.14 ± 0.007

G2 (0.2 EMS)

0.025 ± 0.002

0.15 ± 0.005

G2 (0.3 EMS)

0.080 ± 0.004

0.15 ± 0.020

G3 (control)

0.005 ± 0.001

0.10 ± 0.004

G3 (0.1 EMS)

0.020 ± 0.003

0.16 ± 0.015

G3 (0.2 EMS)

0.050 ± 0.007

0.17 ± 0

G3 (0.3 EMS)

0.370 ± 0.030

0.24 ± 0.005

  1. *Specific activity was expressed in unit/mg protein