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. 2019 Jun 7;8(6):159. doi: 10.3390/plants8060159

Table 3.

Comparative allelopathic effects (%) of isolated compounds on growth of tested plants.

Sample Concentration (µg/mL) L. sativa E. crus-galli S. altissima
GR RL SL GR RL SL GR
Methanol (8/8) a 0.0 (1.95) b 0.0 (0.76) c 0.0 (8/8) 0.0 (4.53) 0.0 (3.03) 0.0 (13/20) 0.0
MA 400 0.0 52.38 50.67 78.57 95.96 96.70 86.75
MB 100.00 94.71 84.59 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
MAB 58.33 91.82 82.82 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
ME 1000 0.0 +92.68 6.61 0.0 +16.48 +8.01 39.53
7KS 0.0 +60.93 13.65 nd nd nd nd
ME-7KS 0.0 +93.00 5.71 0.0 13.33 29.52 94.66
pHA 0.0 63.14 37.01 0.0 58.46 36.12 44.66

Data shows inhibition percentages over the control; +, stimulation percentages over the control; MA, momilactone A; MB, momilactone B; MAB, mixture of momilactones A and B (1:1, v/v); ME, momilactone E; 7KS, 7-keto-stigmasterol; ME-7KS, mixture of momilactone E and 7-keto-stigmasterol (1:1, v/v); pHA, p-hydroxybenzoic acid; GR, growth rate; RL, root length; SL, shoot length; nd, not determined. Numbers in parentheses are baselines of negative control; a, number of germinated seeds; b,c, root and shoot lengths (cm).