[Retracted] Stimulatory Effects of Gamma Irradiation on Phytochemical Properties, Mitotic Behaviour, and Nutritional Composition of Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.)

Table 2

Effect of gamma irradiation on chlorophyll, carotenoid, and anthocyanin contents of in vitro leaves.

Gamma irradiation (Gy)	Control	30	60	90	120
Chlorophyll a (𝜇g/g FW)	15.86^b  ±  0.24	19.45^a  ±  1.01	18.04^a  ±  0.64	17.74^a  ±  1.14	16.59^ab  ±  1.06
Chlorophyll b (𝜇g/g FW)	10.54^b  ±  0.33	12.65^a  ±  0.94	13.66^a  ±  1.06	12.68^a  ±  0.92	11.13^ab  ±  0.71
Carotenoid (mg/g FW)	1.59^b  ±  0.07	2.22^a  ±  0.08	2.19^a  ±  0.05	2.14^a  ±  0.05	1.84^b  ±  0.03
Anthocyanin (mMol/g FW)	14.8^a  ±  0.86	14.5^a  ±  0.96	10.6^b  ±  0.85	10.9^b  ±  1.07	7.88^c  ±  0.72

The means of the samples with the same small letters were not significantly different as per Duncan’s multirange test at 𝑃<0.05.