Research Article

Are Ancient Durum Wheats Less Toxic to Celiac Patients? A Study of α-Gliadin from Graziella Ra and Kamut

Table 1

Results of Bonferroni multiple comparison post hoc test.

Accessions pairwise comparisonsStatistical significance of means differences for total gliadinStatistical significance of means differences for α-gliadin by PN3Statistical significance of means differences for α-gliadin by CDC-5

Cappelli versus Flaminionsns ***
Cappelli versus Graziansns ***
Cappelli versus Graziellans * *
Cappelli versus Kamutns ** ***
Cappelli versus Svevonsns ***
Flaminio versus Graziansnsns
Flaminio versus Graziella * ** **
Flaminio versus Kamut * ** ns
Flaminio versus Svevonsns ***
Grazia versus Graziella ** ** ns
Grazia versus Kamut ** ** ns
Grazia versus Svevonsns ***
Graziella versus Kamutnsns *
Graziella versus Svevo ** ** ***
Kamut versus Svevo ** *** ***

Bonferroni method (one of the most common used post hoc test) was employed to compute the 𝑃 values when comparing pairwise differences of mean values for total gliadin (assessed by a commercial ELISA assay) and α-gliadin (assayed using PN3 and CDC-5 mAbs) amounts. ns, NOT SIGNIFICANT; 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 ; 𝑃 < 0 . 0 1 ; 𝑃 < 0 . 0 0 1 .