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. 2017 Jun 8;7(2):134. doi: 10.1007/s13205-017-0786-6

Table 3.

Quantitative content of phenolic acids and flavonoids in cyanobacterial cell-free extracts

Cyanobacteria Phenolic acids (µg g−1 fresh wt) Flavonoids (µg g−1 fresh wt)
Gallic acid (2.73A) Chlorogenic acid (3.04A) Caffeic acid (3.58A) Vanillic acid (3.89A) Ferulic acid (4.76A) Rutin (4.06A) Quercetin (9.24A) Kaempferol (15.5A)
Anabaena doliolum 45.73g 27.4 ± 6.1de 7.6 ± 0.65de 12.7 ± 1.07c NDk 12.8 ± 0.41b 9.7 ± 0.66e NDj
Calothrix geitonos 34.40h NDg NDg 3.8 ± 0.3f 1.7 ± 0.09j 12.0 ± 0.4c 8.9 ± 0.5e 3.0 ± 0.4efg
Dichothrix sp. 83.70b 72.0 ± 8.3b NDg 2.0 ± 0.31fgh 3.7 ± 0.25i 2.5 ± 0.4i 7.5 ± 0.4f 3.6 ± 0.56cde
Limnothrix obliqueacuminata 99.03a 28.1 ± 1.7de NDg NDh 17.9 ± 0.65c 3.0 ± 0.55hi 12.4 ± 0.43c 1.9 ± 0.45hi
Microcheate tenera 47.03g 77.9 ± 2.2a NDg 24.4 ± 3.15b NDk 29.4 ± 0.72a 18.4 ± 0.85b 7.8 ± 0.7a
Oscillatoria acuta 25.67ij NDg 25.3 ± 4.03c 7.6 ± 0.32e 37.4 ± 1.2a 3.4 ± 0.37gh NDh 1.8 ± 0.4hi
Nostoc ellipsosporum 16.47k 4.2 ± 0.22fg 8.2 ± 0.45de 1.4 ± 0.15gh 8.9 ± 0.43e NDk 23.8 ± 1.03a 4.3 ± 0.6bc
Anabaena constricta 22.60j NDg 5.6 ± 0.5ef 1.2 ± 0.36gh 4.9 ± 0.35h 1.5 ± 0.35j NDh NDj
Synechocystis sp. 24.53ij 8.2 ± .45f NDg NDh NDk 8.8 ± 0.62d 6.7 ± 0.45f NDj
Hapalosiphon fontinalis 35.63h 41.2 ± 4.2c 45.1 ± 1.98b NDh 16.96 ± 1.06d 3.7 ± 0.45gh 11.7 ± 0.66cd 4.8 ± 0.6b
Mastigocladus laminosus 25.93ij NDg 8.8 ± 0.7d 27.4 ± 3.15a NDk 13.4 ± 0.46b NDh NDj
Scytonema simplex 27.60i NDg 5.5 ± 0.65ef 2.6 ± 0.5fg 5.8 ± 0.65g 3.9 ± 0.8fg 11.4 ± 0.65d 2.8 ± 0.31fg
Calothrix brevissima 62.03e 31.8 ± 2.7d NDg NDh NDk 4.6 ± 0.56ef 11.2 ± 0.62d NDj
Westiellopsis prolifica 43.13g 9.3 ± 0.4f 3.7 ± 0.5f 2.8 ± 0.25fg NDk NDk 3.7 ± 0.55g 7.8 ± 0.46a
Cylindrospermum sp. 36.97h NDg 6.6 ± 0.64de 2.7 ± 0.4fg NDk NDk 8.9 ± 0.8e 3.9 ± 0.36cd
Aulosira fertilissima 24.80ij NDg 95.9 ± 4.94a NDh NDk NDk 4.3 ± 0.55g 3.3 ± 0.56def
Chroococcus sp. 67.97d 37.8 ± 2.9c NDg 10.5 ± 0.97d 7.8 ± 0.7f 1.4 ± 0.35j NDh 3.0 ± 0.4efg
Limnothrix sp. 55.23f 27.1 ± 3.3de NDg 3.8 ± 0.65f NDk 8.6 ± 0.57d 11.3 ± 0.7d 2.7 ± 0.47fg
Lyngbya sp. 35.43h 1.9 ± 0.2g 3.7 ± 0.55f 2.8 ± 0.7fg NDk 8.8 ± 0.6d NDh 2.5 ± 0.4gh
Phormidium tenue 77.73c 23.5 ± 3.8e 5.5 ± 0.51ef NDh 27.3 ± 1.12b 5.2 ± 0.46e 11.3 ± 0.56d 1.6 ± 0.25i
SEM± 1.51 1.70 0.89 0.63 0.30 0.28 0.32 0.24
CD (p < 0.05) 4.32 4.86 2.55 1.80 0.87 0.79 0.92 0.68
CV (%) 5.90 15.10 14.00 20.70 8.00 7.80 6.90 15.00

Retention time in min; ND- not detectable; Values represent average ± standard deviation for three replications; values in the same column with different superscripts are significantly different at p < 0.05