Antioxidant Capacity as a Marker for Assessing the In Vitro Performance of the Endangered Cistus heterophyllus

Table 3

Effect of basal media formulations on total chlorophyll (chl a + b) content, chl a/b ratio, and carotenoids levels of C. heterophyllus after 4 weeks of culture in liquid media.

Basal medium	Total Chl (𝜇g g^−1 FW)	Chl a/b ratio	Carotenoids (𝜇g g^−1 FW)
DKW	378±65^b	2.53±0.01	44.71±3.12^a
G	425±17^b	2.52±0.51	24.40±5.05^b
MS	585±71^a	3.41±0.31	53.59±9.31^a
MS/2	556±81^a	2.57±0.31	48.38±3.55^a
W	554±86^a	2.06±0.01	38.75±6.65^a

a,bValues are means ± SE. Means followed by the same letter were not significantly different according to Tukey’s HSD test (𝑃≤0.05).