Research Article
Biopriming of Momordica charantia Seeds with Enterobacter to Improve Nutritional and Biochemical Attributes
Table 5
Phenolic acid profile of M. charantia leaves and fruit after treatment with Enterobacter strain FD17 by HPLC.
| Sr. no. | Phenolic acids | Retention time (min) | Concentration (ppm) | Control leaf | FD17 treated leaf | Control fruit | FD17 treated fruit |
| 1 | Quercetin | 2.82 | 3.77 | 6.46 | 2.96 | 0.86 | 2 | Benzoic acid | 14.65 | 1.64 | 40.81 | ND | ND | 3 | Chlorogenic acid | 15.87 | 5.19 | ND | ND | 6.08 | 4 | Syringic acid | 17.01 | 3.31 | ND | ND | ND | 5 | M-coumaric acid | 19.73 | 5.81 | ND | ND | 2.22 | 6 | Cinnamic acid | 24.71 | 16.25 | ND | 11.58 | ND | 7 | Sinapic acid | 26.19 | ND | 6.63 | 14.78 | 4.17 |
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ND: not detected.
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