. 2018 Apr 3;8:5450. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-23716-5

Table 4.

Withanolide content in leaves and roots of endophyte-inoculated in-vitro grown Withania somnifera plants.

	Leaves			Roots
	%WFA	%DWL	%WLA	%WFA	%DWL	%WLA
Normal
Control	0.59 ± 0.02^c	0.08 ± 0.01^c	0.30 ± 0.01^c	nd	nd	0.057 ± 0.002^d
WPR16	0.88 ± 0.09^b	0.08 ± 0.02^c	0.69 ± 0.03^b	nd	nd	0.139 ± 0.013^b
WPR17	1.11 ± 0.06^a	0.36 ± 0.02^a	1.09 ± 0.06^a	nd	nd	0.223 ± 0.015^a
WPS23	1.15 ± 0.07^a	0.27 ± 0.01^b	0.71 ± 0.01^b	nd	nd	0.096 ± 0.001^c
Composite
Control	1.01 ± 0.13^c	0.12 ± 0.007^b	0.89 ± 0.01^b	0.082 ± 0.012^d	0.01 ± 0.002^d	0.395 ± 0.006^c
WPR16	0.67 ± 0.12^d	0.12 ± 0.001^b	0.48 ± 0.09^c	0.321 ± 0.018^a	0.018 ± 0.003^c	0.638 ± 0.009^a
WPR17	1.94 ± 0.09^b	0.16 ± 0.006^a	1.88 ± 0.05^a	0.131 ± 0.009^c	0.027 ± 0.002^b	0.414 ± 0.004^c
WPS23	2.3 ± 0.13^a	0.15 ± 0.007^a	1.86 ± 0.04^a	0.153 ± 0.008^b	0.053 ± 0.002^a	0.566 ± 0.008^b

WFA- withaferin A, DWL- 12-deoxy withstramonolide and WLA- withanolide A. Values are the means of six biological replicates ± S.E. Values with different letters are significantly different at P ≤ 0.05 (Duncan’s multiple range test). nd- not detected.