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. 2015 May 11;66(18):5467–5480. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erv208

Table 3.

Main effects of 15 d of drought (18% PEG) and salinity (150mM NaCl) stresses on leaf metabolite contents in the lentil genotypes Pantelleria (PAN), Ustica (UST), Castelluccio (CAST), and Eston (EST).

Metabolites PAN UST CAST EST
NaCl PEG NaCl PEG NaCl PEG NaCl PEG
Polyamines
Cadaverine NS 4.33 11.5 2.85 13.5 NS 11.5 2.95
Putrescine NS NS 1.95 2.18 2.68 NS NS NS
Spermidine NS 5.1 3.17 2.52 4.79 2.52 4.79 3.32
Organic acids
Ascorbic acid NS 2.61 NS NS NS NS NS NS
Butanoic acid –2.15 –4.5 –4.64 –1.3 –3.89 –1.42 –6.81 –2.28
2-Aminobutanoic acid 2.76 5.58 9.7 3.2 5.41 2.93 4.5 3.64
2-Aminobutanoic acid 1.35 1.35 NS NS NS NS NS NS
Erythronic acid NS –1.68 –1.55 NS –1.98 NS –2.61 NS
Galacturonic acid-1-P –2.12 –6.55 –5.64 –2.02 –6.86 NS –7.20 NS
2-Oxoglutaric acid NS NS –1.87 NS –2.3 NS –2.95 NS
3-Phosphoglyceric acid NS NS NS NS 1.85 1.42 1.75 1.93
Itaconic acid NS 1.97 NS NS NS 2.38 NS
Malic acid NS –2,97 –2.85 NS –5.8 NS –6.03 NS
Malonic acid NS NS –1.98 NS –2.12 NS –2.47 NS
Nicotinic acid NS NS NS 1.78 1.65 NS NS NS
Pyroglutamic acid NS NS NS NS NS NS –1.33 NS
Threonic acid 2.35 0 1.75 NS 1.55 NS 0 2.72
5-Aminovaleric acid NS –2.81 NS NS –5.37 NS –3.45 –1.55
Sugars and polyols
Cellobiose NS 1.87 10.1 NS 5,34 NS NS NS
Erythritol NS NS –2.53 NS –1.98 NS –2.59 –1.38
Galactinol NS NS NS NS 3.2 NS NS NS
Galactose-N-acetyl NS –3.11 NS NS –3.63 NS –3.96 NS
Glucose NS –11.74 –11.67 NS –11.66 NS –12.15 –3.41
Glycerol-3-P NS NS NS NS 1.45 NS NS 1.3
myo-Inositol –1.34 –1.55 NS NS NS NS –1.0 NS
myo-Inositol-1-P NS NS –2.35 NS –2.1 NS –2.62 NS
Raffinose 3.29 10.1 6.72 NS 8.54 NS 2.59 NS
α,α-Trehalose 2.76 3.81 7.64 7.25 4.98 2.76 NS 4.24
Xylose NS –2.43 NS NS –2.91 NS –2.96 NS
Amino acids
Asparagine NS –1.55 –1.3 NS NS NS –1.35 NS
Aspartic 1.84 NS 1.66 NS 1.78 NS NS NS
Glutamic acid NS NS NS NS NS NS –1.37 NS
Glycine NS NS NS NS –1.72 –1.57 –1.35 –1.95
Isoleucine NS –3.11 –1.57 NS –2.41 –1.79 –2.62 –2.82
Leucine –2.1 –2.83 –1.93 NS –2.54 –1.82 –2.76 –2.34
Phenylalanine NS –2.44 –1.36 –1.52 –1.85 –1.7 –2.13 –2.32
Proline NS NS 3.2 1.72 1.84 NS NS NS
Tryptophan NS –3.55 –1.97 NS –2.6 –1.48 –2.46 –1.91
Valine NS –1.96 NS NS –1.73 NS NS NS
Phosphoric acid NS –2.08 –2.57 NS –3.23 NS –3.23 NS