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. 2017 Feb;18(2):109–124. doi: 10.1631/jzus.B1500262

Table 5.

Isoflavone contents of soybean in response to the presence and absence of biochar and G. geotrichum applied individually and in combination

Treatment Isoflavone aglycones (μg/g)
Malonyl isoflavones (μg/g)
Acetyl isoflavones (μg/g)
Isoflavone glucosides (μg/g)
Total (μg/g)
Daidzein Glycitein Genistein Daidzin Glycitin Genistin Daidzin Genistin Daidzin Glycitin Genistin
Control 95.40±0.03c 144.07±0.04b 1.11±0.67a 4.53±0.08c 20.07±0.88b 31.80±0.42c ND ND ND 0.00±0.00c 0.60±0.09a 297.58±55.74b
GG 95.85±0.17c 148.81±0.22b ND 4.45±0.00c 20.31±1.03b 34.15±0.24c ND ND ND 2.61±0.06b ND 306.18±58.84b
BC 111.15±0.08a 183.30±0.26a ND 11.99±0.02b 24.64±0.06a 42.81±0.10b ND ND ND 3.86±0.24a ND 377.75±70.38a
BC+GG 105.18±0.07b 148.00±0.31b ND 29.37±0.20a 21.51±0.21b 77.00±0.35a ND ND ND 4.16±0.19a ND 385.22±55.69a

BC: biochar; GG: G. geotrichum; ND: not detected or not determined in the samples. The isoflavones were analyzed from freeze-dried soybean plants in the presence and absence of biochar and G. geotrichum applied individually and in combination, to identify the beneficial effect of their interaction. Each value is expressed as mean±SD of six replicates from three independent experiments. The data were analyzed by ANOVA using SAS. Values in a column followed by different letters show the significant differences (P<0.05) among treatments based on DMRT