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. 2021 Feb 6;10(2):346. doi: 10.3390/foods10020346

Table 3.

Inositol, α-GOS and other low molecular weight carbohydrate content (mg·g−1) of MAE leaves, stems and seeds alfalfa extracts. Standard deviation in brackets (n = 3).

Leaves Stems Seeds
Lv1 Lv2 Lv3 Lv4 St1 St2 St3 St4 Sd1 Sd2 Sd3 Sd4 Sd5
Pinitol 31.0 a
(1.4)		 30.1 a
(0.4)		 24.3 b
(0.6)		 24.2 b
(0.1)		 19.3 b
(1.2)		 22.5 a
(0.9)		 15.5 c
(0.8)		 19.5 b
(0.6)		 2.3 c
(0.1)		 2.5 b
(0.1)		 2.7 a
(0.1)		 2.3 c
(0.1)		 2.5 b
(0.1)
Fructose 0.7 d
(0.1)		 0.9 c
(0.1)		 1.7 a
(0.1)		 1.5 b
(0.1)		 1.1 d
(0.1)		 3.0 a
(0.2)		 1.4 c
(0.1)		 1.8 b
(0.2)		 - - - - -
Ononitol 1.0 c
(0.1)		 4.6 a
(0.1)		 1.6 b
(0.1)		 1.1 c
(0.1)		 1.1 b
(0.1)		 1.4 a
(0.1)		 1.4 a
(0.1)		 1.0 b
(0.1)		 - - - - -
Glucose 0.9 d
(0.1)		 2.4 a
(0.1)		 1.2 b
(0.1)		 1.0 c
(0.1)		 1.2 c
(0.1)		 2.4 a
(0.1)		 1.5 b
(0.1)		 1.1 c
(0.1)		 - - - - -
myo-Inositol 1.1 c
(0.1)		 2.3 a
(0.1)		 1.6 b
(0.1)		 1.7 b
(0.1)		 1.0 a
(0.1)		 1.0 a
(0.1)		 1.0 a
(0.1)		 1.1 a
(0.1)		 2.7 b
(0.1)		 3.1 a
(0.1)		 3.2 a
(0.1)		 2.8 b
(0.1)		 3.1 a
(0.1)
Sucrose - - 1.9 a
(0.1)		 1.7 b
(0.1)		 2.8 a
(0.1)		 2.6 b
(0.1)		 1.7 d
(0.1)		 2.4 c
(0.1)		 11.7 b
(0.1)		 10.5 d
(0.1)		 11.0 c
(0.4)		 12.5 a
(0.1)		 12.5 a
(0.2)
Galactinol - - - - - - - - 5.2 c,d
(0.1)		 5.3 b,c
(0.3)		 5.5 a
(0.1)		 5.1 d
(0.1)		 5.4 a,b
(0.1)
Digalactosyl-inositol - - - - - - - - 5.1 c
(0.1)		 6.4 a
(0.4)		 5.3 b,c
(0.1)		 5.2 c
(0.1)		 5.4 b
(0.2)
Raffinose - - - - - - - - 7.9 c
(0.1)		 8.4 a
(0.1)		 8.4 a
(0.1)		 7.6 d
(0.1)		 8.0 b
(0.1)
Digalactosyl-inositol - - - - - - - - 5.9 c
(0.2)		 7.0 a
(0.1)		 7.0 a
(0.1)		 5.9 c
(0.1)		 6.9 b
(0.1)
Digalactosyl-inositol - - - - - - - - - 5.2 a,b
(0.1)		 5.2 a,b
(0.1)		 5.1 b
(0.1)		 5.3 a
(0.1)
Stachyose - - - - - - - - 48.8 e
(0.6)		 74.8 b
(0.9)		 84.7 a
(5.7)		 49.8 d
(0.4)		 70.0 c
(1.6)

a–d Different letters indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) for samples of each morphological part of alfalfa. - Non-detected.