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

ND: not detected.