Table 5.

The results of the quantitative analysis for alfalfa sprouts in µg per g of dried weight vegetal material (alfalfa sprouts samples coded as: ALF – alfalfa, day 1-first day of germination, day 2-second day of germination, day 3-third day of germination, day 4-fourth day of germination, and day 5-fith day of germination).

	µg/g DW	ALF Seeds	ALF Day 1	ALF Day 2	ALF Day 3	ALF Day 4	ALF Day 5
1	catechin	2.16 ± 0.16	2.5 ± 0.18	5.89 ± 0.14	7.53 ± 0.51	NF *	NF
2	caffeic acid	NF	NF	NF	NF	NF	NF
3	myricetin	117 ± 4.6	109.5 ± 6.05	113.8 ± 3.6	214 ± 5.6	62.2 ± 1.3	56.3 ± 2.45
4	p-cumaric acid	39.24 ± 2.5	30.18 ± 1.2	24.2 ± 0.8	23.2 ± 1.4	22.72 ± 0.9	15.2 ± 0.75
5	syringic acid	25.63 ± 1.04	4.48 ± 0.17	3.87 ± 0.22	3.88 ± 0.09	3.52 ± 0.16	2.8 ± 0.14
6	genistin	2.12 ± 0.06	6.15 ± 0.32	9.28 ± 0.45	4.8 ± 0.05	3.24 ± 0.15	1.04 ± 0.7
7	chlorogenic acid	2.24 ± 0.11	2.3 ± 0.12	2.36 ± 0.09	2.32 ± 0.06	2.32 ± 0.14	2.48 ± 0.07
8	ferulic acid	82.5 ± 4.2	63.9 ± 3.1	39.8 ± 2.04	43.03 ± 2.14	38.29 ± 1.54	50.10 ± 4.01
9	hyperoside	1209.2 ± 10.7	NF	NF	NF	NF	NF
10	isohamnetin	18.58 ± 0.85	26.12 ± 1.2	35.32 ± 1.62	36.12 ± 4.2	40.24 ± 2.87	15.24 ± 1.45
11	rutin	4.36 ± 0.28	3.85 ± 0.15	4.36 ± 0.32	6.96 ± 0.7	5.88 ± 0.14	3.92 ± 0.25
12	gallic acid	NF	NF	NF	NF	NF	NF
13	ellagic acid	7.8 ± 0.55	8.2 ± 0.17	7.15 ± 0.48	7.8 ± 0.84	7.17 ± 0.12	6.90 ± 0.21
14	formononetin	NF	NF	2.04 ± 0.07	133.5±6.2	12.04±0.17	2.24±0.06
15	pinocembrin	0.52 ± 0.02	1.08 ± 0.04	2.48 ± 0.04	2.6 ± 0.02	2.68 ± 0.07	5.12 ± 0.11
16	apigenin	8.35 ± 0.67	10.29 ± 1.62	13.12 ± 0.31	26.57 ± 2.83	19.33 ± 1.63	33.43 ± 1.44
17	pinstrobin	1.52 ± 0.32	1.6 ± 0.4	1.68 ± 0.7	1.76 ± 0.02	2.24 ± 0.014	6.92 ± 0.41
18	kaempferol	328 ± 9.2	162.14 ± 6.8	15.32 ± 1.87	9.2 ± 0.11	8.48 ± 0.15	6.72 ± 0.1
19	hesperetin	14.79 ± 1.02	26.74 ± 1.26	39.2 ± 1.42	366.91 ± 12.3	209.2 ± 11.8	75.9 ± 2.1
20	genistein	NF	20.15 ± 0.95	41.36 ± 1.12	105.8 ± 3.2	27.4 ± 1.05	10.96 ± 0.42
21	naringenin	0.32 ± 0.01	0.41 ± 0.02	0.52 ± 0.02	0.2 ± 0.01	0.4 ± 0.014	0.52 ± 0.011
22	quercitin	1108.64 ± 9.5	836.1 ± 9.9	725 ± 11.2	393.7 ± 7.9	299.6 ± 7.3	138.96 ± 5.3
23	glycitein	NF	10.01 ± 0.32	21.85 ± 1.4	43.69 ± 5.1	5.2 ± 0.23	6.1 ± 0.12
24	daidzin	NF	NF	10.9±0.32	5.2±0.12	NF	NF
25	daidzein	NF	NF	34.44 ± 2.6	53.96 ± 3.45	72.92 ± 2.9	12.44 ± 0.47
26	crysin	1.53 ± 0.4	1.5 ± 0.08	1.34 ± 0.4	1.67 ± 0.07	1.8 ± 0.09	2.0 ± 0.08
27	abiscisic acid	0.61 ± 0.3	0.48 ± 0.2	0.38 ± 0.15	0.32 ± 0.17	0.47 ± 0.15	NF
	Σ polyphenols	2974.60 ± 1.32	1327.97 ± 3.35	1156.48 ± 3.22	1496.27 ± 3.52	846.92 ± 4.94	455.40 ± 5.01

* NF – not found