Table 1 Mean and standard deviation (n = 3) of organic acids in the leaves of plants collected from catchment areas of the river Beas
From: Analysis of organic acids of tricarboxylic acid cycle in plants using GC-MS, and system modeling
Plant species | Family | CA (mg/g dw) | SA (mg/g dw) | FmA (mg/g dw) | MA (mg/g dw) | Total acids (mg/g dw) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ranunculus sceleratus L. | Ranunculaceae | 5.78 ± 0.017 | 0.88 ± 0.002 | 0.59 ± 0.006 | 12.3 ± 0.28 | 19.61 |
Argemone mexicana L. | Papaveraceae | 4.04 ± 0.006 | 1.27 ± 0.013 | 0.73 ± 0.007 | 7.66 ± 0.17 | 13.70 |
Fumaria parviflora Lam. | Papaveraceae | 3.55 ± 0.024 | 0.86 ± 0.002 | 0.44 ± 0.0002 | 6.19 ± 0.56 | 11.04 |
Oxalis corniculata L. | Oxalidaceae | 3.85 ± 0.026 | 0.95 ± 0.010 | 0.43 ± 0.001 | 6.20 ± 0.42 | 11.43 |
Ageratum conyzoides L. | Asteraceae | 5.77 ± 0.055 | 0.95 ± 0.009 | 0.48 ± 0.003 | 4.95 ± 0.30 | 12.16 |
Erigeron bonariensis L. | Asteraceae | 4.32 ± 0.072 | 0.98 ± 0.007 | 0.50 ± 0.006 | 6.90 ± 0.21 | 12.69 |
Parthenium hysterophorus L. | Asteraceae | 4.41 ± 0.042 | 1.01 ± 0.018 | 0.51 ± 0.004 | 9.52 ± 0.56 | 15.46 |
Chenopodium album L. | 6.42 ± 0.067 | 0.94 ± 0.001 | 0.57 ± 0.008 | 6.47 ± 0.02 | 14.40 | |
Chenopodium ambrosioides L. | 4.61 ± 0.053 | 1.01 ± 0.009 | 0.57 ± 0.009 | 8.20 ± 2.11 | 14.39 | |
Polygonum barbatum L. | Polygonaceae | 4.55 ± 0.057 | 1.02 ± 0.033 | 0.58 ± 0.009 | 5.16 ± 0.45 | 11.31 |
Polygonum plebeium R.Br. | Polygonaceae | 4.28 ± 0.122 | 0.94 ± 0.014 | 0.61 ± 0.010 | 5.41 ± 0.47 | 11.24 |
Rumex dentatus L. | Polygonaceae | 6.25 ± 0.145 | 0.95 ± 0.004 | 0.55 ± 0.002 | 18.0 ± 1.22 | 25.82 |
Tamarix dioica Roxb. ex Roth | Tamaricaceae | 5.10 ± 0.089 | 1.10 ± 0.013 | 0.70 ± 0.010 | 8.18 ± 0.41 | 15.07 |
Cannabis sativa L. | Cannabaceae | 5.15 ± 0.060 | 0.97 ± 0.016 | 0.47 ± 0.008 | 14.61 ± 0.56 | 21.20 |
Typha angustata Chamb. | Typhaceae | 3.81 ± 0.035 | 0.96 ± 0.022 | 0.44 ± 0.002 | 5.68 ± 0.25 | 10.89 |
Average | 4.792 | 0.986 | 0.544 | 8.362 |