Table 2.

Estimation of total phenolics, flavonoid and carotenoid content in endophyte treated and control plants of Crocus sativus.

Secondary metabolites	Endo−	Endo+	Significance
Total Phenolic content (GAE/g of DW)	37.7 ± 0.41	48.47 ± 0.55	*
Total Flavonoid content (QE/g of DW)	47.13 ± 0.62	54.43 ± 0.65	*
Total Carotenoid content (µg/g of DW)	1.95 ± 0.25	2.95 ± 0.58	*

(Endo−) are the endophyte-free control and (Endo+) are the endophyte treated Crocus plants. Values are the means of 3 biological replicates  ±  S.D. Comparisons among means were carried out using Student T test at a significance level of p ≤ 0.05 using GraphPad InStat tm software (V2.05). *Indicates significance at p ≤ 0.05.