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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 5.
Published in final edited form as: Phytochemistry. 2005 Jun;66(11):1211–1230. doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.03.031

Table 6.

Levels of benzoic acid and salicylic acid in petals of methyl ester emitting flowers

Substrate (nmol/g FW) H. carnosa S. floribunda N. suaveolens P. hybrida A. majus
Free SA 0.19a 0.35 ± 0.02b nd 0.38 ± 0.05e nd
Total SA 3.75 ± 0.5a 1.54 ± 0.37b udlc 0.97 ± 0.06d nd nd
Free BA udl udl nd 518 ± 72f 49. 2 ± 1.3g
Total BA udl 2863 ± 424b 2568 ± 874c nd nd

udl: under detection limit.

nd: not determined.

a

Level at 6 am on day 3 after flower opening (Pott, 2003).

b

Level at midnight on day 1 after flower opening (Pott, 2003).

c

Level at 9 pm on day after flower opening (Slusarenko, Piechulla, pers. communication).

d

Level at 9 am on day 1 after flower opening (Slusarenko, Piechulla, pers. communication).

e

Level at 9 pm on day 1 postanthesis (Negre et al., 2003).

f

Level at the maximum of methyl benzoate emission (12 am) on day 1 postanthesis (Kolosova et al., 2001a).

g

Level at the maximum of methyl benzoate emission (3–6 pm) on day 3 postanthesis (Kolosova et al., 2001a).