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Table 2 Total phenolic content and individual phenolic compounds from leaf, stem and rhizome extracts of  Z. zerumbet

From: Variation in secondary metabolite production as well as antioxidant and antibacterial activities of Zingiber zerumbet (L.) at different stages of growth

Plant age (month-old)

Plant parts

Total phenolics

Gallic acid

Caffeic acid

Ferulic acid

Cinnamic acid

3

leaf

38.4 ± 2.35b

11.62 ± 1.50b

1.46 ± 0.28b

5.46 ± 0.77a

1.88 ± 0.27b

 

stem

5.8 ± 0.37h

1.16 ± 0.53f

0.24 ± 0.06f

ND

0.16 ± 0.06e

 

rhizome

19.2 ± 1.42f

6.44 ± 0.49e

0.79 ± 0.06d

1.19 ± 0.26e

0.89 ± 0.05d

6

leaf

30.4 ± 2.16c

9.27 ± 1.03c

1.08 ± 0.04c

3.66 ± 0.22b

1.26 ± 0.31c

 

stem

5.9 ± 0.33h

1.34 ± 0.64f

0.20 ± 0.05f

ND

0.21 ± 0.05e

 

rhizome

26.7 ± 2.83d

9.86 ± 0.96c

1.73 ± 0.53b

2.66 ± 0.17d

1.73 ± 0.41b

9

leaf

22.4 ± 1.69e

7.61 ± 0.86d

1.05 ± 0.09c

3.14 ± 0.19c

1.09 ± 0.22c

 

stem

6.7 ± 0.52g

1.18 ± 0.66f

0.34 ± 0.03e

0.26 ± 0.09f

0.20 ± 0.07e

 

rhizome

44.8 ± 3.16a

19.76 ± 2.54a

2.71 ± 0.79a

3.73 ± 0.36b

2.61 ± 0.34a

  1. Data are means of triplicate measurements ± standard deviation. Means not sharing a common single letter in each column for each measurement were significantly different at P ≤ 0.05. The units of total phenolics and phenolic compounds are mg gallic acid equivalents/g DM and mg/g DM, respectively. ND: not detected