Research Article
Biopriming of Momordica charantia Seeds with Enterobacter to Improve Nutritional and Biochemical Attributes
Table 7
Correlations between fruit phenolics and nutritional characteristics of M. charantia after seed bioprimed with FD17 strain of Enterobacter.
| Acids | Metabolizable energy | Peroxidase | Catalase | Soluble sugar | Protein | Ash | Oil | Crude fiber | Amino acid |
| Ferulic acid | 0.9 | 0.97 | −0.97 | −0.9 | 0.9 | Ns | Ns | Ns | Ns | Coumaric acid | 0.9 | 0.97 | −0.97 | −0.9 | 0.9 | Ns | Ns | Ns | Ns | Benzoic acid | 0.9 | 0.97 | −0.97 | −0.9 | 0.9 | Ns | Ns | Ns | Ns | Sinapic acid | −0.9 | −0.97 | 0.97 | 0.9 | −0.9 | Ns | Ns | Ns | Ns | Cinnamic acid | −0.9 | −0.97 | 0.97 | 0.9 | −0.9 | Ns | Ns | Ns | Ns | Quercetin | −0.9 | −0.97 | 0.97 | 0.9 | −0.9 | Ns | Ns | Ns | Ns | Phenolic acid | −0.9 | −0.97 | 0.97 | 0.9 | −0.9 | Ns | Ns | Ns | Ns |
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, , and indicate significant correlation; Ns indicates nonsignificance at . |