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. 2019 Apr 9;25(3):787–797. doi: 10.1007/s12298-019-00669-1

Table 2.

Comparison of amino acids content in the different hairy root transformed lines from leaf and stem

Compounds Control root Leaf Stem
(Line 1) (Line 2) (Line 1) (Line 2) (Line 3)
Asparagic acid 7.1 ± 0.33 10.9 ± 0.31a 12.6 ± 0.43a 10.3 ± 0.30a 16.1 ± 0.51a 14.7 ± 0.44a 12.5 ± 0.35a
Threonine 4.0 ± 0.37 6.3 ± 0.76a 6.8 ± 0.67a 5.4 ± 0.56a 8.4 ± 1.11a 7.8 ± 0.87a 6.9 ± 0.57a
Serine 4.6 ± 0.31 6.0 ± 0.80a 7.6 ± 0.69a 6.2 ± 0.67a 8.6 ± 0.80a 7.8 ± 0.78a 6.8 ± 0.62a
Glutamic acid 31.8 ± 2.42 47.6 ± 3.86a 25.5 ± 2.34a 19.4 ± 2.97a 38.4 ± 2.22a 32.0 ± 2.51b 45.1 ± 3.94a
Proline 0.8 ± 0.12 3.0 ± 0.14a 3.9 ± 0.21a 2.3 ±0.19a 5.1 ± 0.29a 9.9 ±0.21a 3.9 ± 0.28a
Glycine 4.4 ± 0.27 6.0 ± 0.39a 7.1 ± 0.44a 5.5 ± 0.48a 8.2 ± 0.56a 7.8 ± 0.59a 6.5 ± 0.79a
Alanine 5.1 ± 0.44 7.7 ± 0.64a 11.7 ± 0.54a 9.5 ± 0.57a 14.2 ± 0.47a 11.4 ± 0.48a 8.8 ± 0.38a
Valine 4.5 ± 0.28 6.5 ± 0.48a 7.8 ± 0.53a 6.4 ± 0.47a 8.6 ± 0.36a 8.0 ± 0.41a 7.1 ± 0.51a
Isoleucine 3.2 ± 0.27 4.6 ± 0.36a 5.5 ± 0.45a 4.7 ± 0.73a 6.4 ± 0.83a 5.9 ± 0.79a 5.2 ± 0.48a
Leucine 5.7 ± 0.56 8.6 ± 0.54a 10.5 ± 0.67a 8.8 ± 0.76a 12.1 ±0.79a 11.3 ± 0.67a 9.8 ± 0.57a
Tyrosine 2.4 ± 0.26 2.2 ± 0.35b 2.5 ± 0.47b 1.4 ± 0.56a 2.4 ±0.29b 2.7 ± 0.32b 2.3 ± 0.38b
Phenylalanine 3.1 ± 0.36 4.4 ± 0.37a 5.6 ± 0.41a 4.5 ± 0.37a 6.4 ± 0.35a 6.1 ± 0.29a 5.0 ± 0.34a
Histidine 4.6 ± 0.46 5.9  ±  0.34a 6.4  ±  0.35a 5.3 ± 0.43a 7.5 ± 0.45a 7.0 ± 0.48a 6.2 ± 0.39a
Lysine 5.4 ± 0.35 8.4 ± 0.28a 10.0 ± 0.86a 8.6 ± 0.53a 11.8 ± 0.34a 10.9 ± 0.37a 9.6 ± 0.43a
Arginine 3.3 ± 0.39 5.3 ± 0.42a 6.8 ± 0.43a 5.4 ± 0.28a 7.8 ± 0.34a 7.1 ± 0.37a 6.5 ± 0.32a
Cystine ND 0.8 ± 0.13 1.3 ± 0.09a 1.1 ± 0.12a 1.3 ± 0.23 1.7 ± 0.21a 0.8 ± 0.08a
Methionine ND 0.9 ± 0.21 1.6 ± 0.11a 1.6 ± 0.11a 1.7 ± 0.33 2.1 ± 0.20a 1.1 ± 0.09a
Total amino acids 89.9 ± 6.83 135.2 ± 10.37a 133.1 ± 9.69a 106.3 ± 10.1a 165.0 ± 10.27a 154.2 ± 9.99a 144.0 ± 10.52a

Data represented mean ± SD, n = 5

ND not detected. The measurement unit used is g per 1000 g analytical DM

a letter in column are significant at the P ≤ 0.05

b letter in column are not significant at the P ≤ 0.05