Skip to main content
. 2008 Apr 10;8:58. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-8-58

Table 2.

Chemical parameters measured in plants

Total phenolic content
[mg (g dry mass)-1]
Anthocyanin
[mg (g dry mass)-1]
Chlorophyll a and b
[mg (g dry mass)-1]



LC SB LC SB LC SB
C. aspera
M. spicatum
0.9 ± 0.08 0.7 ± 0.12 0.05 ± 0 0.06 ± 0 1.9 ± 0.17 1.2 ± 0.02
Apex 173 ± 21 120 ± 33 0.9 ± 0.02 0.52 ± 0.08 6.8 ± 1.3 2.3 ± 0.26
Upper leaves 120 ± 29 97 ± 5 0.8 ± 0.2 0.50 ± 0.01 8.4 ± 2.3 2.3 ± 0.28
Upper stem 133 ± 13 100 ± 9 1.4 ± 0.1 0.81 ± 0.15 1.8 ± 0.6 1.0 ± 0.04
C
[mg (g dry mass)-1]
N
[mg (g dry mass)-1]
P
[mg (g dry mass)-1]



LC SB LC SB LC SB

C. aspera
M. spicatum
206 ± 4 179 ± 15 11 ± 1.1 14 ± 0.12 0.4 ± 0.1 0.68 ± 0.06
Apex 425 ± 20 357 ± 35 36 ± 9 24 ± 8 2.6 ± 1.2 2.4 ± 1.5
Upper leaves 384 ± 37 363 ± 5 27 ± 6 16 ± 3 1.2 1.3 ± 0.33
Upper stem 400 ± 7 379 ± 25 15 ± 3 14 ± 3 0.9 ± 0.2 --

LC: Lake Constance, SB: Schaproder Bodden, n = 3, mean ± SD