Plant species | Metabolites concentration (mg/g FW) | |||
Protein | Proline | Amino acids | Free Sugars | |
A. indica | 0.37 ± 0.10d | 1.19 ± 0.04a | 0.065 ± 0.021b | 0.045 ± 0.003c |
S. sulfurea | 0.64 ± 0.02cd | 1.04 ± 0.17a | 0.056 ± 0.012b | 0.082 ± 0.003ab |
Z. spina-christi | 5.15 ± 0.17a | 0.48 ± 0.01bc | 0.080 ± 0.008b | 0.058 ± 0.004bc |
C. sebestena | 0.24 ± 0.03d | 0.18 ± 0.07c | 0.085 ± 0.018b | 0.084 ± 0.020ab |
T. stans | 1.44 ± 0.05bc | 0.26 ± 0.10bc | 0.102 ± 0.003b | 0.077 ± 0.017abc |
B. spectabilis | 1.14 ± 0.13bcd | 0.20 ± 0.03c | 0.087 ± 0.006b | 0.077 ± 0.014abc |
C. lancifolius | 2.14 ± 0.70b | 0.48 ± 0.03bc | 0.085 ± 0.013b | 0.082 ± 0.009ab |
I. coccinea | 5.42 ± 0.73a | 0.54 ± 0.23b | 0.745 ± 0.035a | 0.105 ± 0.006a |
Statistics | ||||
F value | 95.7** | 34.6** | 559.2** | 7.2** |
LSD at 5% | 1.041 | 0.316 | 0.049 | 0.033 |
LSD at 1% | 1.293 | 0.392 | 0.061 | 0.041 |