TABLE 1.
Quantification of saccharides from plant extracts
| Plant extract | Concn (μg mg−1)a
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glucose | Fructose | Sucrose | Arabinose | |
| Fenugreek | 24.5 ± 3.1 | 24.9 ± 3.7 | 75.6 ± 6.3 | ND |
| Alfalfa | 35.4 ± 0.8 | 35.8 ± 18.6 | 3.5 ± 0.3 | ND |
| Lettuce apoplast | 19.4 ± 1.8 | 23.4 ± 2.8 | 53.4 ± 20.7 | 0.226 ± 0.001 |
| Lettuce leaf lysates | 10.7 ± 0.3 | 14.6 ± 0.4 | 50.1 ± 3.1 | ND |
| Lettuce root lysates | 9.9 ± 0.1 | 20.0 ± 0.9 | 22.5 ± 0.4 | ND |
| Spinach apoplast | 11.8 ± 2.0 | 8.0 ± 1.7 | 38.3 ± 7.0 | 0.211 ± 0.049 |
| Spinach leaf | 21.9 ± 2.9 | 6.1 ± 0.8 | 32.8 ± 2.6 | ND |
| Spinach root | 17.4 ± 1.2 | 9.00 ± 0.9 | 29.4 ± 1.5 | ND |
a
The concentrations of the mono- and disaccharides were determined by HPLC. ND, not detected.