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. 2019 Apr 30;10:476. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00476

Table 5.

Terpene content (mean ± SE) in the dried leaf and bud material of diploid and tetraploid Strain 2 C. sativa plants (n = 10 for diploids, n = 9 for tetraploids) by gas chromatography.

Metabolite Terpene class Content (mg/g dried tissue)
Diploid bud Diploid leaf Tetraploid bud Tetraploid leaf
α-Pinene monoterpene 1.06 ± 0.13a 0.51 ± 0.07b 1.03 ± 0.14a 0.56 ± 0.11b
Camphene monoterpene 0a 0a 0a 0a
β-Pinene monoterpene 0.51 ± 0.07a 0.21 ± 0.03b 0.41 ± 0.06a 0.20 ± 0.05b
Myrcene monoterpene 2.29 ± 0.25a 1.11 ± 0.13bc 1.74 ± 0.23ab 0.87 ± 0.16c
Δ-3-Carene monoterpene 0a 0a 0a 0a
α-Terpinene monoterpene 0a 0a 0a 0a
p-Cymene monoterpene 0a 0a 0.01 ± 0.01a 0a
Limonene monoterpene 0.24 ± 0.06a 0.13 ± 0.04ab 0.06 ± 0.04b 0.01 ± 0.01b
Eucalyptol monoterpene 0a 0a 0a 0a
Ocimene monoterpene 0a 0a 0.05 ± 0.05a 0a
γ-Terpinene monoterpene 0a 0a 0a 0a
Terpinolene monoterpene 0a 0a 0.01 ± 0.01a 0a
Linalool monoterpene 0.34 ± 0.03a 0.23 ± 0.03a 0.38 ± 0.09a 0.25 ± 0.04a
Isopulegol monoterpene 0a 0a 0.12 ± 0.11a 0.03 ± 0.03a
Geraniol monoterpene 0a 0a 0.27 ± 0.18a 0.15 ± 0.09a
α-Terpineol monoterpene 0.08 ± 0.03a 0.06 ± 0.03a 0.03 ± 0.01a 0.01 ± 0.00a
g-Terpineol monoterpene 0a 0a 0a 0a
β-Caryophyllene sesquiterpene 1.35 ± 0.06a 1.07 ± 0.06a 1.56 ± 0.19a 1.52 ± 0.24a
α-Humulene sesquiterpene 0.48 ± 0.03ab 0.35 ± 0.04b 0.86 ± 0.20a 0.72 ± 0.12ab
cis-Nerolidol sesquiterpene 2.12 ± 0.31ab 1.44 ± 0.24a 3.50 ± 0.41b 3.16 ± 0.51b
trans-Nerolidol sesquiterpene 0a 0a 0.51 ± 0.38a 0.18 ± 0.18a
Guaiol sesquiterpene 0.05 ± 0.01ab 0.04 ± 0.01a 0.08 ± 0.01b 0.07 ± 0.02ab
α-Bisabolol sesquiterpene 0.41 ± 0.21ab 0a 0.97 ± 0.25b 1.04 ± 0.41b
Total monoterpenes 4.52 ± 0.55a 2.24 ± 0.31b 4.10 ± 0.76ab 2.11 ± 0.38b
Total sesquiterpenes 4.42 ± 0.55ab 2.89 ± 0.30a 7.47 ± 1.05b 6.70 ± 1.25b
Total Terpenes 8.94 ± 0.36ab 5.13 ± 0.39a 11.58 ± 1.78b 8.80 ± 1.26ab

Means with different letters are significantly different for measurements of a single terpene (ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test, p < 0.05).