Table 1: Concentrations of soluble carbohydrates, phosphorus, phenols, flavonoids, tannins, proanthocyanidins, saponins, gallic and ellagic acids, and antioxidant activity (AAO) in the fruits of Libidibia ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) L.P. Queiroz var. ferrea, and mycorrhizal colonization in the roots of field plants inoculated or not with different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), in Petrolina, PE, Brazil.

Variable Inoculation treatments
Control Acaulospora longula Claroideoglomus etunicatum Gigaspora albida CV (%)
Total phenols (mg g-1) 235.50 bc 297.80 a 265.20 b 217.60 c 6.8
Total tannins (mg g-1) 156.40 bc 218.60 a 182.10 b 148.80 c 9.6
Total flavonoids (mg g-1) 158.60 a 154.60 a 146.40 a 19.60 a 10.6
Total proanthocyanidins (mg g-1) 12.43 a 10.71 a 11.32 a 10.55 a 11.2
Total saponins (mg g-1) 5.50 a 4.33 a 3.77 a 4.40 a 28.1
Gallic acid (g %) 0.70 a 0.41 b 0.16 c 0.12 c 11.4
AAO (mg g-1 of remaining DPPH) 89.20 a 59.80 b 104.90 a 91.60 a 15.9
Ellagic acid (g %) 0.18 a 0.17 a 0.11 b 0.05 c 12.7
Phosphorus (mg Kg-1) 375.70 b 203.70 c 452.20 ab 524.40 a 16.6
Soluble carbohydrates (mg g-1) 8.48 a 7.56 ab 7.00 b 5.03 c 9.3
Mycorrhizal colonization (%) 45.50 a 38.60 a 41.80 a 39.70 a 19.7

Means (n=6) followed by the same letter in the line do not differ by the Tukey test (p <0.05). CV= Coefficient of variation, DPPH (2,2 Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl).