Table 2 Triterpenoid Production of diploid hairy root cultures (Mean ± SD (µg/mg DW)).

From: Effects of methyl jasmonate on the growth and triterpenoid production of diploid and tetraploid Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. hairy root cultures

MeJA

Harvest Date

AD

MA

AA

TT

0 µM

Day 7

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

Day 14

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

Day 21

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

Day 28

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

50 µM

Day 7

15.35 ± 9.71bc

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

15.35 ± 9.71c

Day 14

11.67 ± 3.49b

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

11.67 ± 3.49bc

Day 21

25.87 ± 0.93d

0.47 ± 0.16bc

0.91 ± 0.53abc

27.25 ± 0.27d

Day 28

18.82 ± 5.90c

0.79 ± 0.50c

2.24 ± 0.92d

22.85 ± 7.32d

100 µM

Day 7

4.20 ± 0.76a

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

4.20 ± 0.76a

Day 14

5.20 ± 2.10a

0.35 ± 0.15ab

0.62 ± 0.33ab

6.17 ± 2.30ab

Day 21

3.04 ± 1.60a

0.44 ± 0.50bc

1.28 ± 1.43bc

4.76 ± 3.44ab

Day 28

2.76 ± 0.63a

0.55 ± 0.11bc

1.66 ± 0.30 cd

4.96 ± 1.03ab

  1. Means within each column with different letters are significantly different at P < 0.05.
  2. TT: Total triterpenoid, AD: Asiaticoside, MA: Madecassic Acid, AA: Asiatic Acid.