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Table 1 Effect of caspase peptide inhibitors, antioxidants (ascorbic acid, catalase, spermine) and calcium channel blocker LaCl3on viability of CPT- or Cd-treated tomato suspension cells

From: Involvement of ethylene, oxidative stress and lipid-derived signals in cadmium-induced programmed cell death in tomato suspension cells

Chemicals

Cell viability (%)

Control

97.5

CPT 5 μM

72.5

CdSO4100 μM

65.0

CPT μM + Ac-YVAD-CMK 100 μM

92.5

CdSO4100 μM + Ac-YVAD-CMK 100 μM

94.0

CdSO4100 μM + Z-asp-CH2-DCB 100 μM

91.5

CPT 5 μM + ascorbic acid 100 μM

93.5

CPT 5 μM + catalase 10 Units/ml

91.5

CPT 5 μM + spermine 100 μM

88.5

CdSO4100 μM + ascorbic acid 100 μM

92.5

CdSO4100 μM + catalase 10 Units/ml

91.5

CdSO4100 μM + spermine 100 μM

88.2

CPT + 5 μM + LaCl3100 μM

95.0

CdSO4100 μM + LaCl3100 μM

94.5