Table 6 Sesquiterpene lactone contents in leaves of curly and smooth endives

From: Transcriptome driven characterization of curly- and smooth-leafed endives reveals molecular differences in the sesquiterpenoid pathway

 

STLs content (mg/kg dry matter)a,b

Cultivars

Lc

DHLc

dLc

DHdLc

LcTOT

Lp

DHLp

LpTOT

STLTOT

“Domari”

580.2 ± 17.6b

295.3 ± 13.1a

154.3 ± 10.5c

351.9 ± 16.8b

1381.7 ± 16.3b

412.3 ± 18.3c

142.4 ± 10.1a

554.7 ± 27.7c

1936.4 ± 37.1b

“Imari”

474.5 ± 16.7c

206.5 ± 14.7b

98.5 ± 8.6d

80.4 ± 4.3e

859.9 ± 40.2c

976.9 ± 21.6a

1.0 ± 1.0e

977.9 ± 20.7a

1837.8 ± 21.8c

“Myrna”

695.2 ± 17.0a

180.5 ± 15.3b

835.3 ± 18.8a

407.8 ± 15.6a

2118.8 ± 37.9a

753.1 ± 20.4b

73.4 ± 4.5b

826.5 ± 20.4b

2945.3 ± 53.2a

“Confiance”

154.5 ± 11.3d

98.2 ± 10.6c

191.5 ± 14.2b

202.1 ± 12.1c

646.3 ± 7.7d

400.3 ± 15.4c

49.1 ± 6.3c

449.4 ± 9.6d

1095.7 ± 2.3d

“Flester”

160.5 ± 10.8d

113.1 ± 11.3c

101.0 ± 10.5d

147.3 ± 11.5d

521.9 ± 44.1e

214.6 ± 14.1d

29.3 ± 1.2d

243.9 ± 15.3e

765.8 ± 29.9e

Significance 3

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

***

Curly type

583.3 ± 96.7a

227.4 ± 53.6a

362.7 ± 355.5

280.0 ± 152.1

1453.5 ± 548.5a

714.1 ± 246.8a

72.3 ± 61.5

786.4 ± 186.8a

2239.8 ± 531.9a

Smooth type

157.5 ± 10.4b

105.7 ± 12.8b

146.3 ± 50.8

174.7 ± 31.8

584.1 ± 73.8b

307.5 ± 102.6b

39.2 ± 11.6

346.7 ± 113.1b

930.8 ± 181.7b

Significance

***

***

n.s.

n.s.

**

**

n.s.

***

***

  1. aLc lactucin, DHLc 11(S),13-dihydrolactucin, dLc 8-deoxylactucin, DHdLc 11(S),13-dihydro-8-deoxylactucin, Lp lactucopicrin, DHLp 11(s),13-dihydrolactucopicrin, LcTOT total lactucin-like STLs, LpTOT total lactucopicrin-like STLs, STLTOT total STLs
  2. bMeans marked with the same letters were not significantly different after the ANOVA and HSD Tukey’s test
  3. c*, **, *** = significant at P < 0.05, 0.01, and 0.001, respectively. n.s. non-significant