Table 2 Analysis of protein, phenols, carbohydrate, moisture, peroxidase, catalase and superoxide dismutase (mean ± standard error) of five host plants.

Ginger

1.17 ± 0.03c

1.21 ± 0.03e

1.07 ± 0.08c

1.24 ± 0.27b

11.73 ± 0.17b

49.10 ± 3.21a^B

89.00 ± 0.58c

88.25 ± 0.14c

68.67 ± 0.58e

184.00 ± 3.05d^B

0.69 ± 0.03b

0.76 ± 0.04b

12.00 ± 0.06a

5.40 ± 0.12c^B

Cabbage

1.63 ± 0.12b

1.54 ± 0.02d

0.67 ± 0.03d

0.81 ± 0.03b^B

5.94 ± 0.14c

48.52 ± 3.08a^B

94.50 ± 0.29a

93.75 ± 0.14a

163.07 ± 0.58d

257.00 ± 0.64c^B

0.54 ± 0.04c

0.39 ± 0.03e

9.51 ± 0.06c

10.20 ± 0.04a^B

Maize

1.53 ± 0.07bc

1.88 ± 0.03c

1.41 ± 0.21ab

1.17 ± 0.15b

7.19 ± 0.14c

48.46 ± 7.28a^A

92.25 ± 0.43b

91.00 ± 0.29b

314.07 ± 1.08b

486.60 ± 0.41a^B

0.97 ± 0.03a

0.63 ± 0.03c^B

4.95 ± 0.15e

5.62 ± 0.08c

Brinjal

1.50 ± 0.12bc

2.72 ± 0.17a^A

0.77 ± 0.03 cd

0.89 ± 0.16b

6.88 ± 0.15c

31.63 ± 2.94b^B

89.75 ± 0.43c

89.00 ± 0.29c

403.53 ± 0.56a

300.00 ± 12.70b^A

0.46 ± 0.02c

0.53 ± 0.01d^A

8.47 ± 0.10d

5.39 ± 0.06c^B

Rice

2.63 ± 0.18a

2.37 ± 0.03b

1.42 ± 0.07a

1.78 ± 0.03a

19.42 ± 1.43a

46.62 ± 0.18a^B

78.75 ± 0.43d

77.50 ± 0.87d

233.07 ± 0.96c

119.47 ± 1.57e^B

0.56 ± 0.03c

1.63 ± 0.02a^B

10.28 ± 0.05b

6.86 ± 0.03b^B

C.D

(p < 0.05)

0.40

0.27

0.34

0.50

2.09

N/A

1.41

1.40

2.50

18.81

0.11

0.10

0.29

0.23

S.E(m)

0.12

0.08

0.11

0.16

0.65

4.04

0.44

0.44

0.78

5.89

0.03

0.03

0.09

0.07