Table 3.
Effect of AMF inoculation on plant antioxidant compounds and activity of aromatic species subjected to abiotic stress after harvesting.
| A. dracunculus | L. angustifolia | H. officinalis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | AMF | control | AMF | control | AMF | |
| Ascorbic acid (mg 100 g−1) |
31.0 ± 0.8 a | 51.3 ± 1.4 a | 13.4 ± 1.6 a | 48.9 ± 1.1 b | 14.1 ± 1.0 a | 46.8 ± 1.2 b |
| Chlorophyll a (mg g−1) |
1.23 ± 0.1 b | 3.78 ± 0.2 a | 0.83 ± 0.1 b | 1.16 ± 0.1 a | 1.46 ± 0.1 b | 1.77 ± 0.1 a |
| Chlorophyll b (mg g−1) | 0.74 ± 0.04 a | 0.81 ± 0.05 a | 0.55 ± 0.02 b | 0.64 ± 0.02 a | 0.80 ± 0.05 b | 1.04 ± 0.08 a |
| Carotenes (mg g−1) |
0.21 ± 0.01 b | 0.28 ± 0.01 a | 0.14 ± 0.01 b | 0.23 ± 0.01 a | 0.30 ± 0.01 b | 0.33 ± 0.01 a |
| Phenolics (mg GAE g−1 dw) |
12.8 ± 0.5 b | 19.3 ± 0.8 a | 11.2 ± 0.5 b | 15.9 ± 0.7 a | 15.0 ± 0.7 a | 15.0 ± 0.7 a |
| AOA (mg g−1) | 53.0 ± 2.0 b | 71.8 ± 2.4 a | 38.6 ± 1.3 b | 73.3 ± 2.5 a | 31.5 ± 1.0 b | 61.2 ± 2.1 a |
Along each line and within each species, values followed by different letters are statistically different according to Duncan’s test, at p ≤ 0.05.