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Table 3 Glutathione (GSH) contents in the leaves of Ife brown (IFB) and Ife bpc (IBPC) under NaCl and Na2SO4 salinity stress

From: Antioxidant enzymes and non-enzymatic antioxidants as defense mechanism of salinity stress in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp)—Ife brown and Ife bpc

Treatment

Conc (dS/m)

Biochemical parameters (mean ± SE)

IFB GSH (µm/g)

IFBPC GSH (µm/g)

NaCl

5.00

125.75 ± 0.11b

138.97 ± 0.11d

 

10.00

130.42 ± 0.12d

123.65 ± 0.13ab

 

15.00

132.29 ± 0.21e

120.64 ± 0.12a

Na2SO4

5.00

128.52 ± 0.13c

138.29 ± 0.12d

 

10.00

126.04 ± 0.26b

131.49 ± 0.12c

 

15.00

123.81 ± 0.23a

125.30 ± 0.87b

Distilled H2O

0.0

127.37 ± 1.36bc

131.91 ± 2.76c

  1. Means followed by different letters in the column are significantly different (P < 0.05) from one another using Duncan’s new multiple range test (DNMRT)