Table 1.
Ginsenoside content in the studied clones of the P. quinquefolium hairy root cultures non-subjected and subjected to elicitation with 250 µM MeJa.
| Metabolite | Saponin Content [mg/g d.w.] ± S.E.M. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | G | Ae | Be | Ge | ||
| Rg group | Rg1 | 1.28 ± 0.113 a | 1.04 ± 0.064 a | 1.42 ± 0.037 a | 0.79 ± 0.053 b | 1.41 ± 0.038 a | 2.00 ± 0.063 c |
| Re | 2.57 ± 0.253 a | 0.86 ± 0.037 b | 1.27 ± 0.035 c | 1.49 ± 0.030 d | 1.22 ± 0.021 c | 1.21 ± 0.028 c | |
| Sum | 3.85 ± 0.359 a | 1.9 ± 0.101 b | 2.68 ± 0.072 c | 2.28 ± 0.083 b | 2.63 ± 0.048 c | 3.21 ± 0.089 a | |
| Rb group | Rb1 | 4.74 ± 0.162 a | 1.56 ± 0.021 b | 1.64 ± 0.034 b | 9.91 ± 0.200 c | 8.48 ± 0.061 d | 9.10 ± 0.282 c,d |
| Rc | 4.51 ± 0.150 a | 1.63 ± 0.194 b | 1.35 ± 0.016 b | 6.35 ± 0.080 c | 2.67 ± 0.041 d | 1.83 ± 0.086 b | |
| Rb2 | 1.28 ± 0.039 a | 0.34 ± 0.014 b | 0.22 ± 0.005 c | 3.13 ± 0.001 d | 0.96 ± 0.038 e | 1.10 ± 0.042 a,e | |
| Rb3 | 0.76 ± 0.022 a | 0.14 ± 0.014 b | 0.08 ± 0.002 c | 1.83 ± 0.011 d | 0.48 ± 0.020 e | 0.49 ± 0.018 e | |
| Rd | 1.88 ± 0.114 a | 0.56 ± 0.094 b | 0.31 ± 0.012 b | 10.81 ± 0.141 c | 4.94 ± 0.085 d | 5.11 ± 0.189 d | |
| Sum | 13.19 ± 0.311 a | 4.22 ± 0.245 b | 3.72 ± 0.046 b | 31.99 ± 0.194 c | 17.53 ± 0.217 d | 17.64 ± 0.611 d | |
| Total | Rg + Rb group | 17.04 ± 0.646 a | 6.12 ± 0.194 b | 6.27 ± 0.112 b | 34.96 ± 0.278 c | 20.16 ± 0.240 d | 20.85 ± 0.603 d |
The means with the same letter in the row does not differ significantly according to the Kruskall–Wallis test (p ≤ 0.05).