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. 2007 Aug 21;6:113. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-113

Table 6.

Sugars present in each plant species and quantity in 1 mg dried extract of plant parts

Plants Plant part α-D-Glucose (μg) β-D-Fructose (μg) Sucrose (μg) D-Mannose (μg) D-Gulose (μg) D-Galactose (μg) D-Raffinose (μg) D-Altrose (μg) D-Allose (μg) Total (μg)
H. patens Flower 5.1 0 12.8 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 20.9
Leaf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L. camara Flower 43.8 30.6 2.4 8.6 134.6 0 0 0 0 220
Leaf 4.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.6
R. communis Flower 23.3 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 25.5
Stem 7.3 15.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22.5
Leaf 0 0 0 13.4 12.4 0 0 0 0 25.8
S. didymobotrya Flower 78.8 5.4 2.5 14.8 110.8 7.3 0 0 0 219.6
Leaf 2.4 10.5 1.1 0 38.9 0 0 0 0.9 53.8
P. hysterophorus Flower 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leaf 0 0 1.2 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 2
T. stans Flower 58.5 161.7 0.3 3.9 263.3 0 3.95 14.5 0 506.2
Leaf 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
r 0.94 0.88 0.02 0.75 0.84 -0.06 0.65 0.65 NA 1
Probability 0.004* 0.02* 0.95 0.08 0.03* 0.89 0.15 0.15 NA <0.001*

r is Spearman coefficient of correlation between median survival time of mosquitoes and sugars in preferred parts of plants

* P ≤ 0.05 (significant association of sugar with median survival time).

NA is non applicable