Table 1.
Sugar composition in representative resurrection plants.
| Species * | Sugar Composition in Percentage | References | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydrated | Desiccated | ||
| Porella platyphylla A | Glucose 0.9% | Glucose 2.6% | (Marschall et al., 1998) [19] |
| Fructose 0.7% | Fructose 2.3% | ||
| Sucrose 39.4% | Sucrose 44.6% | ||
| Fructan 59.0% | Fructan 50.6% | ||
| Selaginella lepidophylla B | Fructose 0.1% | Fructose 0% | (Adams et al., 1990) [20] |
| Glucose 3.1% | Glucose 0.2% | ||
| Mannitol 0% | Mannitol 0.1% | ||
| myo-Inostitol 0.1% | myo-Inostitol 0.03% | ||
| Sucrose 6.9% | Sucrose 23.1% | ||
| Trehalose 89.8% | Trehalose 75.6% | ||
| Trisaccharides 0.1% | Trisaccharides 0.2% | ||
| Eragrostis nindensis C | Sucrose 77.2% | Sucrose 68.6% | (Ghasempour et al., 1998) [21] |
| Glucose 13.0% | Glucose 6.5% | ||
| Fructose 4.5% | Fructose 9.0% | ||
| Trehalose 5.4 | Trehalose 2.2% | ||
| Raffinose 0.0% | Raffinose 8.0 % | ||
| Stachyose 0.0% | Stachyose 5.7% | ||
| Sporobolus stapfianus C | Sucrose 83.6% | Sucrose 99.7% | (Whittaker et al., 2001) [22] |
| Glucose 8.2% | Glucose 0.1% | ||
| Fructose 8.2% | Fructose 0.1% | ||
| Xerophyta viscosa C | Fructose 11.1% | Fructose 2.2% | (Peters et al., 2007) [23] |
| Glucose 16.6% | Glucose 2.8% | ||
| Sucrose 13.8% | Sucrose 39.8% | ||
| Galactinol 31.0% | Galactinol 0.0% | ||
| myo-Inositol 4.4% | myo-Inositol 0.5% | ||
| Raffinose 15.2% | Raffinose 29.3% | ||
| Stachyose 7.5% | Stachyose 18.1% | ||
| Verbascose 0.4% | Verbascose 7.4% | ||
| Boea hygroscopica D | Fructose 7.0% | Fructose 1.9% | (Albini et al., 1999) [24] |
| Glucose 9.2% | Glucose 3.0% | ||
| Alditols 1.8% | Alditols 0 % | ||
| myo-Inositol 2.3% | myo-Inositol 0% | ||
| Sucrose 13.4% | Sucrose 91.0% | ||
| Cellobiose 0.9% | Cellobiose 0% | ||
| Gentiobiose 0.9% | Gentiobiose 0% | ||
| Galactinol 21.1% | Galactinol 1.0% | ||
| Raffinose l8.l % | Raffinose 2.5% | ||
| Melezitose 1.4% | Melezitose 0% | ||
| Maltotriose 0.9% | Maltotriose 0% | ||
| Stachyose 10.0% | Stachyose (traces) | ||
| Pentasaccharide 10.1% | Pentasaccharide (traces) | ||
| Hexasaccharide 2.8% | Hexasaccharide 0% | ||
| Craterostigma plantagineum D | Glucose 1% | Glucose 3% | (Bianchi et al., 1991) [25] |
| Fructose 2% | Fructose 2% | ||
| Sucrose 5% | Sucrose 90% | ||
| Octulose 89% | Octulose 4% | ||
| myo-Inositol 1% | myo-Inositol 1% | ||
| Craterostigma pumilum D | Octulose 94.2% | Octulose 10.3% | (Egert et al., 2015) [26] |
| Sucrose 2.4% | Sucrose 80.3% | ||
| Galactinol 0.3% | Galactinol 2.1% | ||
| Raffinose 0.8% | Raffinose 1.5% | ||
| Stachyose 1.1% | Stachyose 2.6% | ||
| Verbascose 1.3% | Verbascose 3.1% | ||
| Myrothamnus flabellifolia D | Trehalose 30.7% | Trehalose 38.1% | (Moore et al., 2007) [27] |
| Fructose 25.9% | Fructose 7.0% | ||
| Sucrose 20.6% | Sucrose 38.9% | ||
| Glucose 17.0% | Glucose 12.1% | ||
| Stachyose 5.6% | Stachyose 1.7% | ||
| Raffinose 0.2% | Raffinose 2.2% | ||
| Ramonda nathaliae D | Glucose 3.6% | Glucose 2.1% | (Müller et al., 1997) [28] |
| Fructose 4.6% | Fructose 2.1% | ||
| myo-Inositol 1.0% | myo-Inositol 0.8% | ||
| Sucrose 40.3% | Sucrose 82.6% | ||
| Raffinose 34.3% | Raffinose 9.4% | ||
| Galactinol 16.1% | Galactinol 2.9% | ||
* According to the systematic classification, plants are grouped into four groups: A liverworts; B ferns; C monocot angiosperms, and D dicot angiosperms.