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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

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