Table 9.

Phytochemical analysis of E. purpurea rhizomata cum radicibus under various treatments.

	Slow release fertilizer			Urea
	50 mM	100 mM	150 mM	50 mM	100 mM	150 mM
Total phenolic compound (GAE g−1 DW)	47.3c ± 0.31	51.6b ± 0.30	60.2a ± 0.56	12.3f ± 0.52	30.6e ± 0.60	43.5d ± 0.15
Total flavonoid content (QE g−1 DW)	19.2cd ± 0.37	24.9b ± 0.48	32.8a ± 0.21	10.5e ± 0.17	14.6de ± 0.31	22.6bc ± 0.20
Polysaccarides (mg g−1 DW)	27.6c ± 0.42	38.4b ± 0.11	50.5a ± 0.75	13.9d ± 0.53	28.6c ± 0.18	36.9b ± 0.47
Essential oil content (% w w−1)	0.09de ± 0.001	0.18c ± 0.01	0.29a ± 0.01	0.06e ± 0.001	0.13d ± 0.01	0.24b ± 0.01

Data were expressed as the mean of three replicates ± standard deviation (n = 3).

Values within a row followed by different letters are significantly different at the 0.01 probability level.