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. 2023 Feb 17;12(4):920. doi: 10.3390/plants12040920

Table 1.

Content of flavonoids and phenolic acids in Ailanthus altissima aerial plant substances (mg/g dw).

Compounds Plant Substabces
Leaves Stem Bark Flowers
Flavonoids
1 Rutin 1.02 ± 0.026 b n.d. 5.68 ± 0.142 a
2 Hesperidin 2.67 ± 0.067 a n.d. 0.72 ± 0.018 b
3 Quercetin 0.19 ± 0.005 b 0.01 ± 0.001 c 0.33 ± 0.008 a
4 Kaempferol n.d. 0.11 ± 0.003 n.d.
5 (+)-Catechin 0.95 ± 0.024 c 2.15 ± 0.054 a 1.55 ± 0.039 b
6 (−)-Epicatechin 0.23 ± 0.006 b 0.54 ± 0.014 a 0.13 ± 0.003 c
Phenolic acids
7 Gallic 0.30 ± 0.008 a 0.01 ± 0.001 c 0.16 ± 0.004 b
8 Protocatechuic n.d. n.d. 0.15 ± 0.004
9 Chlorogenic 0.97 ± 0.024 b 0.27 ± 0.007 c 1.40 ± 0.035 a
10 Vanillic 0.09 ± 0.002 c 0.73 ± 0.018 a 0.16 ± 0.004 b
11 Caffeic 0.13 ± 0.003 b n.d. 0.23 ± 0.006 a
12 Syringic 0.20 ± 0.005 b 0.08 ± 0.002 c 0.39 ± 0.010 a
13 p-Coumaric 0.24 ± 0.006 b n.d. 1.35 ± 0.034 a
14 Ferulic 0.11 ± 0.003 b 0.07 ± 0.002 b 1.31 ± 0.033 a
15 Salicilylic 6.19 ± 0.155 a 0.07 ± 0.002 c 3.81 ± 0.095 b
16 Rosmarinic 10.32 ± 0.258 a 0.13 ± 0.003 c 2.01 ± 0.050 b

n.d.—not detected; Results are presented as means with corresponding standard deviations (±SD). Different letters indicate significant differences according to Tukey’s test (p < 0.01).