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. 2017 Jun 23;22(7):1046. doi: 10.3390/molecules22071046

Table 1.

Accumulation of plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) in response to the use of ultrasonication (US) or its combined effect with ultraviolet radiations (UV) or methyl jasmonate (MJ)/salicylic acid (SA).

PSMs Cell Culture/Produces Treatment
(US, US + MJ/SA)
Treatment
Time (min)
Induced by References
Saponins Panax ginseng 35.5 KHz (82 mW/cm3) 1–4 ∼1.8-fold [22]
Shikonin Lithospermum erythrorhizon 38.5 KHz (113.9 mW/cm3) 1–8 ∼1.7-fold [23]
Taxol Taxus tree 38.5–40 KHz
(3.5–55.6 mW/cm3)
2 2-fold [21,31]
US + MJ 60 mM 2 2.5-fold [31]
US + SA 50 mg/L 2 8-fold [21]
Corylus avellana 40 kHz (4.91 W/cm2) 2–10 2-fold [33]
US + SA 50 mg/L 3 14-fold
Carotenoids Daucus carota 35 KHz (4W/cm2) 10–30 1.5-fold [37]
Malus juice 25 KHz (2W/cm2) 60 ∼1.4-fold [38]
Resveratrol Vitis fruit skin 40 kHz 5 8-fold [14]
Vitis leaves 40 kHz 15 1.9-fold
Vitis fruit juice 40 kHz 5 1.5-fold [20]
Arachis hypogaea kernel 20–25 KHz
(25–120 mW/cm3)
2–8 ∼319-fold [18,19,48]
US + 254 nm UV (2–8) + (10–30) ∼211-fold [19,41,48]
Arachis hypogaea sprout 100 KHz 20 ∼3.34-fold [50]
Piceid Arachis hypogaea kernel 20 KHz (25–75 mW/cm3) 2–8 ∼213-fold [19]
US + UV (12 + 10) 2.5-fold [42]
Total stilbenes Arachis hypogaea kernel 20 KHz (25–75 mW/cm3) 2–8 ∼97-fold [19]
Total phenolics Arachis hypogaea kernel 39.2 mW/cm3 4 2.2-fold [42]
US + UV (4 + 10) 1.5-fold
Panax ginseng 38.5 kHz (14 to 61 mW/cm3) 2 5-fold [45]
Daucus carota 24 kHz 5 ∼2.3-fold [43]
Lactuca sativa 25 kHz 1–3 ∼1.4-fold [44]
Taxus tree 40 KHz 2 2-fold [21]
US + SA 50 mg/L 2 2.5-fod
Corylus avellana 40 kHz (4.91 W/cm2) 3 1.2-fold [33]
p-Coumaric acid Arachis hypogaea kernel 40 mW/cm3 8 4-fold [41]
US + UV (8 + 10) 7-fold
Ferulic acid 40 mW/cm3 12 14-fold
US + UV (8 + 10) 24-fold
Caffeic acid US + UV (8 + 10) 4.2-fold
Daidzein Genista tinctoria 35 KHz (0.1 mW/cm3) 5 2-fold [56]