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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ind Crops Prod. 2015 May 1;67:185–191. doi: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2015.01.007

Table 1.

Artemisinic compounds in Artemisia annua at each developmental stage. (μg g−1 FW)

Compound Vegetative stage Reproductive stages
Bolting Budding Full flowering Post flowering
ShAM VL ShAM BL Buds BuL Flowers FL Flowers PFL
Artemisinin 2047.2 a 2845.1 w 1198.7 b 2338.0 xyz 206.1 c 3031.2 w 99.8 d 2307.8 y 184.3 ad 2338.7 wz
Dihydroartemisinic acid 10052.6 a nd 1655.2 b nd 121.5 c nd 69.9 d 28.8 x 31.9 e 2.1 x
Deoxyartemisinin 246.1 a 215.1 x 167.5 b 216.2 xz 29.4 c 120.0 y 12.82 d 149.1 yz 24.4 ce 128.1 yz
Artemisinic acid 552.2 a nd 178.9 b nd 15.1 c nd 8.8 cd 3.9 x 2.6 e 3.8 x
Arteannuin B nd 24.2 w 132.8 a 386.8 xy nd 303.4 x 6.3 b 208.9 xz 22.2 c 209.9 xz

ShAM, shoot apical meristem region; VL, mature vegetative leaves (1st four leaves located 15 cm below apex in all cases); BL, mature leaves during bolting stage; Buds, unopened floral buds from top 15 cm of plant; BuL, mature leaves during floral budding stage; Flowers, flowers from top 15 cm of plant; FL, mature leaves during full flower; PFL, mature leaves 2 weeks post flowering; nd, not detectable; letters a,b,c,d,e indicate statistical significance among shoot apical meristems and reproductive structures; letters w,x,y,z indicate statistical significance among mature leaves.