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. 2017 Jun 30;9(1):99–109. doi: 10.1080/21505594.2017.1339008

Table 1.

Concentrations of different metabolic compounds (mean ± std) detected in Asian citrus psyllid, D. citri body after the infection with CLas using GC-MS.

Compound
Control (n = 10)
CLas-infected (n = 40)
P-value
Compound
Control (n = 20)
CLas-infected (n = 20)
P-value
Amino acids (ng insect−1) Sugars (ng insect−1)
L-Alanine 13.517 ± 6.259 24.587 ± 7.540 0.0048 Erthrulose 0.128 ± 0.039 0.201 ± 0.069 0.0038
L-Valine 0.186 ± 0.071 0.184 ± 0.063 0.9498 Lyxose 0.754 ± 0.100 1.249 ± 0.212 0.0000
Iso-Leucine 0.487 ± 0.137 0.778 ± 0.173 0.0015 Fructose 4.228 ± 0.337 6.079 ± 0.773 0.0000
L-Proline 0.708 ± 0.179 0.334 ± 0.093 0.0030 Mannose 0.028 ± 0.004 0.050 ± 0.009 0.0000
Glycine 3.860 ± 1.150 5.280 ± 1.625 0.0317 Glocose 9.129 ± 0.406 8.857 ± 1.079 0.3341
L-Serine 1.451 ± 0.170 2.401 ± 0.773 0.0000 β-Glucopyranose 0.019 ± 0.002 0.021 ± 0.003 0.2237
L-Threonine 1.333 ± 0.513 1.933 ± 0.446 0.0340 GlcNAc 0.129 ± 0.077 0.202 ± 0.117 0.0889
L-Aspartic acid 0.357 ± 0.059 0.207 ± 0.042 0.0009 Sucrose 0.124 ± 0.028 0.115 ± 0.022 0.4772
Glutamic acid 1.135 ± 0.329 1.958 ± 0.564 0.0004 Turanose 0.094 ± 0.003 0.090 ± 0.002 0.0553
L-Phenylalanine 0.163 ± 0.061 0.231 ± 0.167 0.1207 Trehalose 0.091 ± 0.003 0.096 ± 0.006 0.0093
L-Lysine 0.673 ± 0.382 0.563 ± 0.264 0.5284 Maltose 0.093 ± 0.003 0.096 ± 0.008 0.1263
Total 23.871 ± 6.850 38.456 ± 9.327 0.0015 Total 14.818 ± 0.669 17.057 ± 1.853 0.0001
Non-proteinogenic amino acids (ng insect−1) Sugars alcohol (ng insect−1)
L-Homoserine 0.047 ± 0.027 0.058 ± 0.029 0.4146 Erythritol 0.386 ± 0.017 2.060 ± 0.315 0.0000
Pyroglutamic acid 1.547 ± 0.288 0.399 ± 0.162 0.0001 Xylitol 0.305 ± 0.093 0.350 ± 0.065 0.3098
GABA 0.148 ± 0.022 0.402 ± 0.136 0.0000 Glucitol 0.254 ± 0.079 0.417 ± 0.199 0.0046
Putrescine 0.868 ± 0.261 0.864 ± 0.234 0.9766 Mannitol 0.524 ± 0.050 8.623 ± 0.711 0.0000
Total 2.610 ± 0.492 1.723 ± 0.273 0.0058 Chiro-Inositol 0.118 ± 0.017 0.352 ± 0.063 0.0000
Organic acids (ng insect−1) Scyllo-inositol 0.241 ± 0.125 0.332 ± 0.107 0.1422
Pyruvic acid 0.006 ± 0.003 0.005 ± 0.002 0.2618 Myo-Inositol 3.380 ± 0.579 2.996 ± 0.920 0.2268
Lactic acid 0.011 ± 0.004 0.007 ± 0.003 0.0689 SA1 0.180 ± 0.034 0.237 ± 0.078 0.0139
Glycolic acid 0.003 ± 0.001 0.003 ± 0.000 0.3060 SA2 0.227 ± 0.074 0.300 ± 0.107 0.0793
Succinic acid 0.386 ± 0.080 0.185 ± 0.050 0.0011 Total 5.615 ± 0.654 15.668 ± 1.451 0.0000
Malic acid 0.910 ± 0.117 0.486 ± 0.132 0.0000 Sugars acids (ng insect−1)
Threonic acid 0.446 ± 0.102 0.477 ± 0.106 0.5206 2-Ketoglutonic acid 0.103 ± 0.011 0.143 ± 0.043 0.0003
Citric acid 0.133 ± 0.035 2.633 ± 0.578 0.0000 2-Ketoglutaric acid 0.089 ± 0.010 0.085 ± 0.011 0.4484
Total 1.895 ± 0.291 3.796 ± 0.556 0.0000 Ribonic acid 0.244 ± 0.166 0.319 ± 0.211 0.3740
Fatty acids (ng insect−1) Gluconic acid 0.162 ± 0.051 0.152 ± 0.041 0.6722
Palmitoleic acid 0.271 ± 0.083 0.197 ± 0.090 0.0919 Mannonic acid lactone 0.108 ± 0.023 0.138 ± 0.062 0.0663
Palmitic acid 0.083 ± 0.032 0.082 ± 0.035 0.9536 D-Glucuronic acid 0.055 ± 0.006 0.057 ± 0.013 0.6598
Oleic acid 0.251 ± 0.197 0.253 ± 0.200 0.9793 Total 0.760 ± 0.176 0.894 ± 0.245 0.1554
Total 0.605 ± 0.283 0.532 ± 0.275 0.5889        
Phospho-compounds (ng insect−1)        
Erythrose-4- phosphate 0.398 ± 0.111 0.378 ± 0.173 0.7318        
Glucose-6-Phosphate 0.0510 ± 0.0072 0.050 ± 0.010 0.8524        
Phytic acid 0.0514 ± 0.0065 0.046 ± 0.007 0.1327        
Phosphoric acid 17.913 ± 1.119 26.153 ± 1.827 0.0000        
Total 18.414 ± 1.217 26.628 ± 1.821 0.0000