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Table 5 Phenolic acid and flavonoid content (g kg−1) of control and GPTR29 inoculated lettuce plants yielded in the greenhouse assays under non-saline (0 nM) and saline (100 nM) conditions

From: Effect of Rhizobium mechanisms in improving tolerance to saline stress in lettuce plants

 

Normal conditions

100 mM NaCl

Control (± S.D.)

GPTR29 (± S.D.)

Control (± S.D.)

GPTR29 (± S.D.)

Phenolic acids (g kg−1)

    

Caffeoyl malic acid

1.69 (± 0.06)b

1.53 (± 0.07)a

1.74 (± 0.15)a

1.97 (± 0.04)a

Caffeoyl quinic acid

3.57 (± 0.03)a

3.62 (± 0.15)a

4.49 (± 0.42)a

4.12 (± 0.09)a

Caffeoyl tartaric acid

1.87 (± 0.02)a

2.29 (± 0.08)b

3.70 (± 0.28)a

3.90 (± 0.11)a

Cichoric acid (dicaffeoyltartaric acid)

10.29 (± 0.10)a

9.94 (± 0.41)a

12.68 (± 1.27)a

12.03 (± 0.24)a

Coumaric acid

0.39 (± 0.02)b

0.34 (± 0.02)a

0.51 (± 0.06)a

1.32 (± 0.05)b

Dicaffeoyl quinic acid

0.77 (± 0.03)a

0.79 (± 0.03)a

0.72 (± 0.07)a

0.74 (± 0.05)a

Protocatechuic acid glucoside

0.37 (± 0.02)a

0.56 (± 0.06)b

0.52 (± 0.09)a

1.10 (± 0.04)b

Total phenolics acids

18.94 (± 0.14)a

19.07 (± 0.80)a

24.36 (± 2.34)a

25.19 (± 0.58)a

Flavonoids (g kg−1)

    

Apigenin derivative

0.14 (± 0.01)a

0.21 (± 0.01)b

0.23 (± 0.02)a

0.37 (± 0.01)b

Luteolin 7-O-glucoside

0.23 (± 0.01)a

0.22 (± 0.02)a

0.32 (± 0.04)a

0.37 (± 0.01)a

Quercetin 3-O-glucuronide

2.37 (± 0.02)b

2.07 (± 0.07)a

2.86 (± 0.25)a

3.26 (± 0.05)a

Quercetin 3-O-malonyl glucoside

3.19 (± 0.04)a

3.13 (± 0.18)a

4.12 (± 0.16)a

4.42 (± 0.09)a

Quercetin 3-O-glucoside

0.81 (± 0.02)a

0.85 (± 0.05)a

1.44 (± 0.14)a

1.70 (± 0.01)b

Total flavonoids

6.73 (± 0.08)a

6.55 (± 0.27)a

8.97 (± 0.59)a

10.11 (± 0.09)b

  1. Values are expressed in mean ± standard deviation. Treatment sharing the same letter belongs to the same subgroup, according to the Student’s t test (p ≤ 0.05). S.D. = standard deviation