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Article

Identification and Application of Bioactive Compounds from Garcinia xanthochymus Hook. for Weed Management

by
Md. Mahfuzur Rob
1,2,3,
Kawsar Hossen
1,3,
Mst. Rokeya Khatun
1,3,
Keitaro Iwasaki
4,
Arihiro Iwasaki
4,
Kiyotake Suenaga
4 and
Hisashi Kato-Noguchi
1,3,*
1
Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Miki, Kagawa University, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan
2
Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet 3100, Bangladesh
3
The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, 3-5-7 Tarumi, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan
4
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2264; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052264
Submission received: 1 February 2021 / Revised: 26 February 2021 / Accepted: 28 February 2021 / Published: 4 March 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances on Applications of Bioactive Natural Compounds)
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The allelopathic potential of plant species and their related compounds has been increasingly reported to be biological tools for weed control. The allelopathic potential of Garcinia xanthochymus was assessed against several test plant species: lettuce, rapeseed, Italian ryegrass, and timothy. The extracts of G. xanthochymus leaves significantly inhibited all the test plants in a concentration- and species-specific manner. Therefore, to identify the specific compounds involved in the allelopathic activity of the G. xanthochymus extracts, assay-guided purification was carried out and two allelopathic compounds were isolated and identified as methyl phloretate {3-(4-hydroxyphenyl) propionic acid methyl ester} and vanillic acid (4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid). Both of the substances significantly arrested the cress and timothy seedlings growth. I50 values (concentrations required for 50% inhibition) for shoots and roots growth of the cress and timothy were 113.6–104.6 and 53.3–40.5 μM, respectively, for methyl phloretate, and 331.6–314.7 and 118.8–107.4 μM, respectively, for vanillic acid, which implied that methyl phloretate was close to 3- and 2-fold more effective than vanillic acid against cress and timothy, respectively. This report is the first on the presence of methyl phloretate in a plant and its phytotoxic property. These observations suggest that methyl phloretate and vanillic acid might participate in the phytotoxicity of G. xanthochymus extract.

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1. Introduction

With the world population increasing, maximizing agricultural production is essential. Weeds constrain agricultural production by directly competing with crops for growth resources [1]. Using synthetic herbicides may be the most efficient and cost-effective weed management strategy that has contributed to improving crop production over the last few decades [2]. However, non-judicious use of synthetic agrochemicals has had a significant negative effect on the planet and human wellbeing [3]. The evolution of resistant weeds is another consequence of extensive herbicide use [4]. Thus, to achieve safer agriculture, it is essential to replace hazardous synthetic herbicides with eco-friendly weed-management approaches. Natural compounds with diversified structures and modes of action could offer a new way to develop natural bio-herbicides [5]. Plants produce secondary metabolites called allelochemicals, which can negatively influence the process of growth, and development of surrounding plants [6,7]. In recent years, plant-derived natural phytotoxic compounds have been broadly investigated for herbicidal properties and have been shown to suppress weeds. These compounds can then be used as promising templates for standard bio-herbicides [8].
Garcinia xanthochymus Hook. f. ex T. Anderson (Clusiaceae) is a medium-size tree that has straight trunk with spreading type branches rising in a whorl [9]. This plant is generally found in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Thailand, and China [10,11]. G. xanthochymus is popularly known as false mangosteen because the shape of its fruit is similar to that of mangosteen. The leaves of the plant are light green color during young stage and become dark green when mature [12]. Distinct parts of this tree have traditionally been used for different therapeutic practices for many years in different south Asian countries [13]. In Bangladesh, G. xanthochymus is usually treated as folk drug for the treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, and vomiting. This plant is also used to treat worms and food toxins [14].
Earlier reports revealed that G. xanthochymus contains several phytochemicals that have antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant activities [15]. Although extensive research on different biological activities of G. xanthochymus have been conducted, very little is known about its phytotoxic potential or the constituents responsible for its phytotoxicity. Hence, this study aimed to (i) examine the phytotoxic potential of G. xanthochymus and (ii) detect phytotoxic substances which can be used as a potential candidate for bioherbicide.

2. Materials and Methods

2.1. Plant Sample

The leaf samples of Garcinia xanthochymus Hook.f. ex T.Anderson were obtained from a North-Eastern district (Netrokona) of Bangladesh (24.8750° N 90.7333° E) in the time of June and July 2017. A voucher specimen (SAUCB 19127) was submitted to the Crop Botany Herbarium at Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100, Bangladesh. Collected leaves were thoroughly washed and dried under room temperature. Then, the leaves were powdered in a grinder and kept for further use at 2 °C.

2.2. Model Test Species

Four model test plant species Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.), lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.), rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) and timothy (Phleum pratense L.) were chosen for conducting the phytotoxicity assay.

2.3. Extraction and Bioassay

In total, 100g leaf powder of G. xanthochymus was extracted with 500 mL aqueous methanol (70% (v/v)) at room temperature for two days. After filtration with single layer filter paper (No. 2, 125 mm; Toyo Ltd., Tokyo, Japan), the residue was re-extracted for one day with equal volume of methanol and filtered again. The two filtrates were then mixed and dried in a rotavapor at 40 °C. The bioassay experiment was conducted with G. xanthochymus crude extracts against selected tested plants at different concentrations as 0.001, 0.003, 0.01, 0.03, 0.1, and 0.3 g of dry weight (DW) equivalent extract/mL as described by Rob et al. [16]. To prepare desired concentrates, an aliquot of the extracts was applied to a sheet of filter paper (No. 2) in 28 mm Petri dishes. Then, the solvent of the mixture (methanol) was dried in a draft chamber and 0.6 mL of 0.05% (v/v) aqueous Tween 20 (polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate; Nacalai, Kyoto, Japan) solution was added to each Petri dish. Tween 20 was used as a non-toxic surfactant. Then, seeds of test plants were set. The seeds in the Petri dishes treated with Tween 20 without extract were used as a control.

2.4. Purification of The Active Substances

Powder of Garcinia xanthochymus leaves (2 kg) was extracted as aforementioned procedure. The obtained extracts were then evaporated with a vacuum evaporator at 40 °C to produce an aqueous residue and adjusted to pH 7.0 with phosphate buffer (1M). This residue was partitioned with an equal volume of ethyl acetate for three times. The unwanted aqueous part in ethyl acetate fraction was removed by adding anhydrous Na2SO4. As described above, a bioassay with the generated aqueous and ethyl acetate fractions was conducted against cress. The ethyl acetate fraction imposed stronger phytotoxic activity compared to the aqueous fraction (data not shown). Therefore, ethyl acetate fraction was selected for further bio-guided fractionation by different column chromatographic steps including silica gel, Sephadex LH-20, C18 cartridge and reverse-phase HPLC (500 × 10 mm I.D. ODS AQ-325; YMC Ltd., Kyoto, Japan) monitoring cress phytotoxicity assay in each purification step following the procedure described by Rob et al. (2019) which led to the isolation of two substances, 1 and 2. These substances 1 and 2 were then re-purified with reverse-phase HPLC (4.6 × 250 mm I.D., S-5 µm, Inertsil® ODS-3; GL Science Inc., Tokyo, Japan) at a flow rate of 0.8 mL min−1 with 5% and 30% aqueous methanol and obtained at 10–15 min and 50–60 min retention time, respectively. Finally, the two substances were characterized by spectral data analysis.

2.5. Bioassay of the Isolated Compounds

The identified compounds were dissolved in 2 mL methanol to make different concentrations (1, 3, 10, 30, 100, 300, and 1000 μM). Then, prepared concentrations were applied on cress and timothy to perform bioassays described above.

2.6. Statistical Analysis

Bioassays were replicated thrice with 10 seedlings and repeated twice. The obtained data were subjected to ANOVA followed by Tukey’s HSD test with the help of statistical software “SPSS” Version 24 [17]. Concentrations required for the suppression of 50% growth of the tested plants (I50 value) in assay experiments were estimated by the logistic regression equation of the concentration-response curves.

3. Results

3.1. Phytotoxic Activity of the G. Xanthochymus Extract

The effect of aqueous methanolic extract obtained from G. xanthochymus is presented in Figure 1. All the applied concentrations suppressed the growth of all test plant species, except 0.001 g DW equivalent extract mL−1 concentration. At concentration 0.1 g DW equivalent extract mL−1, lettuce growth was completely restricted while at the same treatment, shoot and root length of rapeseed, Italian ryegrass and timothy were restricted to 3.88, 3.41, 3.05% and 2.9, 5.5, 0.0% of control seedlings, respectively. The seedling length of all test plants limited to less than 3% of control, when treated with the concentration obtained from 0.3 g DW equivalent extract mL−1. The I50 values of G. xanthochymus extract for all tested plants varied from 4.7 to 17.2 mg DW equivalent extract mL−1 as shown in Table 1.

3.2. Bioativity of Different Fractions in The Separtion Steps

Different fractions in silica gel column chromatography showed different level of activity at the concentration 0.3 g dry weight equivalent extract/mL of G. xanthochymus. (Figure 2). The highest bioactivity was achieved with the fractions containing 60 and 70% ethyl acetate in n-hexane and inhibited the seedling growth of cress by less than 13 and 2%, respectively. Combined crude of both of these fractions was subjected to separate expected bioactive compounds. In each step, the highest bioactive fraction was selected for the next separation steps (data not shown).

3.3. Characterization of The Compounds

Two phytotoxic substances were identified by bio-guided fractionation from the leaf extract of G. xanthochymys by spectral analysis. The formula of the substance 1 was assigned as C8H8O4 based on HRESIMS at m/z 167.0349 [M–H]- (calcd for C8H7O4, 167.0344, Δ = +0.5 mmu); 1H NMR (400 MHz, D2O) δH 7.52 (d, J = 7.50 Hz, 1 H, H-2), 7.45 (dd, J = 8.5, 2.0 Hz, 1 H, H-6), 6.93 (d, J = 8.5 Hz, 1 H, H-5), 3.90 (s, 3 H, H-8); 13C NMR (100 MHz, D2O) δC 173.5 (C-7), 147.9 (C-4), 146.7 (C-3), 128.1 (C-6), 123.2 (C-1), 114.8 (C-5), 113.1 (C-2), 55.8 (C-8). Comparing this spectral data with previously published data substance was recognized as vanillic acid with the systematic name 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy benzoic acid shown in Figure 3 [18].
The molecular formula of the substance 2 was assigned as C10 H12O3 based on HRESIMS at m/z 181.0830 [M + H]+ (calcd for C10 H13O3, 181.0865, Δ = −3.5 mmu); 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δH 7.07 (d, J = 8.7 Hz, 2 H, H5, 9), 6.76 (d, J = 8.7 Hz, 2 H, H6, 8), 3.67 (s, 3 H, H10), 2.88 (t, J = 7.8 Hz, 2 H, H3), 2.60 (t, J = 7.8 Hz, 2 H, H2). The substance was identified as methyl phloretate {3-(4-hydroxyphenyl) propionic acid methyl ester} (Figure 3) by investigating original data with previously documented literature [19].

3.4. Biological Activity of the Isolated Substances

The phytotoxic activity of two identified substances was checked on cress and timothy. Vanillic acid caused significant inhibition on growth of cress and timothy at concentrations 30 and 10 μM, respectively (Figure 4). The I50 values of vanillic acid for the shoot and root growth of cress were 331.7 and 314.7 μM, respectively, while those values for timothy were 118.8 and 107.3 μM, respectively (Table 2). Similarly, methyl phloretate also possessed strong phytotoxicity against the test plants with the I50 values ranged from 104.7 to 113.7 μM for cress seedlings and 53.4 to 40.6 μM for timothy seedlings (Table 2). It is notable that, the inhibition was concentration dependent and timothy was more susceptible to both compounds compared to cress. Moreover, methyl phloretate was more phytotoxic than vanillic acid concerning the I50 values of the compounds (Figure 4).

4. Discussion

The results revealed that G. xanthochymus extract markedly inhibited both the dicot species (lettuce and rapeseed) and the monocot species (Italian ryegrass and timothy). The phytotoxicity of the extract against all the test plants increased with the increase in concentration. Other researchers have also documented such concentration-dependent inhibitory activity of different plant extracts [20,21,22,23,24,25,26]. Our previous experiment with Garcinia pedunculata also showed strong inhibition against several test species [27]. In addition, the phytotoxic activity of the extracts varied against different test plants. Tuyen et al. [28] also reported species specificity of Castanea crenata extracts against radish, lettuce, and barnyard grass. These concentration-dependent and species-specific phytotoxicity of the G. xanthochymus leaf extract led us to assume that the extract contains potential phytotoxic substances.
Bio-guided isolation resulted in obtaining two phytotoxic substances from the G. xanthochymus leaf extract, which were identified as vanillic acid, and methyl phloretate through spectral analysis. Vanillic acid is one of the most common phenolic compounds found in different plant parts. It was previously identified in extracts from different plants such as Alnus japonica, Gossypium mexicanum, Rosa canina, Panax ginseng [29], and Chenopodium murale [30]. Vanillic acid can act as an antimicrobial, antioxidant [31], anti-inflammatory, and antidiabetic agent [32]. However, phytotoxic effects of the vanillic acid have also been narrated by many researchers [33]. Methyl phloretate is a methyl ester of phenylpropanoid phenol, phloretic acid [34], which is a naturally occurring phenolic compound that can be obtained from p-coumaric acid hydrogenation or synthesized from phloretin, a secondary metabolite of apple leaves [35]. In phloretic acid, there is a propionic acid side chain that is suitable for esterification, leading to production of methyl phloretate [36]. Methyl phloretate is a potential synthetic intermediate and can be used to prepare antidiabetic agents [37].
In our study, the inhibitory activity of vanillic acid and methyl phloretate depended on the concentration and species. In previous reports such inhibitory activities were noted from different phytotoxic substances [20,38]. Piyatida et al. reported that vanillic acid has strong growth-inhibitory activity against cress and timothy, and the inhibition is more pronounced against timothy than cress [39]. This species specificity of allelochemicals might be because of different physical and physiological features of receptor seeds including thickness of seed coat, cell membrane permeability, and sensitive enzymes in seeds [40]. In our experiment, timothy was much more affected by both the allelochemicals compared with cress. Our finding is in line with that by Pèrez et al. [41], who reported that small-seeded tested plants were usually more susceptible to phytochemicals, because the concentration of the phytochemicals necessary to produce suppression is influenced by seed size. Taking into consideration the 1000 seed weight, the weight of timothy is around 5-times lower than cress, which is why timothy is more sensitive to the allelochemicals [42,43].
The data from our experiment also revealed that methyl phloretate has much more inhibitory activity than vanillic acid against tested plant species. The allelochemicals affect plant growth through different chemical reactions. The toxicity of phytochemicals is regulated by the various functional groups in the structure of compound, which act on different positions of the enzymes, and affect their activity [40,44]. Vanillic acid is a mono hydroxy benzoic acid with one methoxy group in its aromatic ring. Maffei et al. [45] reported that the methoxy groups on benzoic acid ring increase the phytotoxicity, whereas the hydroxy groups decrease the phytotoxicity of benzoic acid derivatives in cucumber seed germination and early growth. Maffei et al. [45] also showed that the hydroxy group in the C4 position scavenges the inhibitory action of the methoxy group in vanillic acid. Levi-Minzi et al. [46] showed that 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy benzoic acid is much more phytotoxic against wheat growth compared with 4-hydroxy benzoic acid. We therefore conclude that the methoxy group in the C-3 position contributes to the phytotoxicity of vanillic acid.
On the other hand, methyl phloretate is a monohydroxy derivative of cinnamic acids. With cinnamic acid derivatives, the more hydroxyl groups in its benzene ring the less the phytotoxicity [47]. Therefore, a single hydroxyl group in benzene ring of methyl phloretate may influence its phytotoxic potential. In addition, some researchers proposed that the hydrophobicity of the compound corresponds with higher toxicity in case of cinnamic acid derivatives [48,49]. Hydrophobic compounds bearing lipophilic properties make them capable of passing through the cell membrane more readily [50]. Some researchers reported that the methyl ester of cinnamic acid derivatives has higher growth-inhibitory activity corresponding to their free acids because esterification of the carboxyl group results in more hydrophobic compounds having more phytotoxic potential [51,52]. Accordingly, esterification of phloretic acid (corresponding free phenolic acid of methyl phloretate) which is already documented to have growth-inhibitory activity, might lead to producing more phytotoxic methyl phloretate. Waśko et al. [52] showed that the allelopathic activity of methyl p-coumarate, which has a similar structure to methyl phloretate, was more inhibitory than its corresponding free phenolic acid, p-coumaric acid.
In general, cinnamic acid derivatives are more phytotoxic than benzoic acid derivatives due to their higher hydrophobicity [47,53]. Our results corroborate this finding because the more phytotoxic methyl phloretate is a derivative of cinnamic acids, while the less phytotoxic vanillic acid is a derivative of benzoic acid.

5. Conclusions

The aqueous methanol extract of G. xanthochymus significantly inhibited four test plant species, lettuce, rapeseed, Italian ryegrass, and timothy. Generally, leaves of G. xanthochymus are not consumed and are classified as waste material. However, from our experiment, it is evident that leaves of G. xanthochymus have the potential to be used to manage weeds. Two identified substances, vanillic acid and methyl phloretate, isolated from the G. xanthochymus leaf extract imposed significant growth inhibitory activity on cress and timothy. Methyl phloretate had around two- and three-fold higher inhibitory activity against timothy and cress, respectively, compared with vanillic acid. This report is the first on the existence of methyl phloretate in a plant. Therefore, field experiments could determine the potential of the crude extract of G. xanthochymus and methyl phloretate it contains as a biological agent to control weeds in an eco-friendly way.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, M.M.R., and H.K.-N.; methodology, M.M.R., K.H., M.R.K., K.S., A.I., K.I., and H.K-N; software, M.M.R., and K.H.; validation, K.S., K.I., A.I., and H.K.-N.; formal analysis, M.M.R., and K.H.; investigation, M.M.R., and K.H.; resources, H.K.-N.; data curation, H.K.-N.; writing—original draft preparation, M.M.R., and K.H.; writing—review and editing, H.K.-N.; visualization, M.M.R., and K.H.; supervision, H.K.-N. All the authors have read and agreed with the manuscript. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research work was supported through a MEXT scholarship (Grant Number MEXT-193490) from the Japan government to conduct the study in Japan.

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable

Acknowledgments

We thankful to the Government of Japan (MEXT scholarship, Grant number: MEXT-173591) to carry out this research work. We also express gratitude to Professor Dennis Murphy, for editing the English of this manuscript.

Conflicts of Interest

There was no conflict of interest declared by the authors.

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Figure 1. Effect of the G. xanthochymus extracts on the shoot and root growth of (A) lettuce, (B) rapeseed, (C) Italian ryegrass, and (D) timothy at different concentrations. Mean ± SE was calculated from two independent experiments (Replication = 3 times, number of seedlings/treatments = 10, n = 60). Asterisks denote significant variations between indicated plants (** p ˂ 0.01 and *** p ˂ 0.001).
Figure 1. Effect of the G. xanthochymus extracts on the shoot and root growth of (A) lettuce, (B) rapeseed, (C) Italian ryegrass, and (D) timothy at different concentrations. Mean ± SE was calculated from two independent experiments (Replication = 3 times, number of seedlings/treatments = 10, n = 60). Asterisks denote significant variations between indicated plants (** p ˂ 0.01 and *** p ˂ 0.001).
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Figure 2. Effect of silica gel column fractions on the seedling growth of cress at the concentration 0.3 g dry weight equivalent extract/mL of G. xanthochymus. The column was eluted with raising quantities of the ethyl acetate (10% per step, v/v) in n-hexane: F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6 and F7 contained 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70% and 80% ethyl acetate in n-hexane, respectively, F8 (ethyl acetate), F9 (methanol). The values are mean ± SE obtained from two independent experiments. Error bars are standard error of the mean. Asterisks show major variations between treatments and control by least significant difference (LSD) test (* p < 0.05 and *** p < 0.001).
Figure 2. Effect of silica gel column fractions on the seedling growth of cress at the concentration 0.3 g dry weight equivalent extract/mL of G. xanthochymus. The column was eluted with raising quantities of the ethyl acetate (10% per step, v/v) in n-hexane: F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6 and F7 contained 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70% and 80% ethyl acetate in n-hexane, respectively, F8 (ethyl acetate), F9 (methanol). The values are mean ± SE obtained from two independent experiments. Error bars are standard error of the mean. Asterisks show major variations between treatments and control by least significant difference (LSD) test (* p < 0.05 and *** p < 0.001).
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Figure 3. Molecular structure of the vanillic acid and the methyl phloretate from the G. xanthochymus leaf extract.
Figure 3. Molecular structure of the vanillic acid and the methyl phloretate from the G. xanthochymus leaf extract.
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Figure 4. Effects of the vanillic acid (a,b) and methyl phloretate (c,d) on cress and timothy. Values represent means ± SE from three replicates (n = 30). The significant variations between control and treatment are denoted by * p < 0.05 and *** p < 0.001.
Figure 4. Effects of the vanillic acid (a,b) and methyl phloretate (c,d) on cress and timothy. Values represent means ± SE from three replicates (n = 30). The significant variations between control and treatment are denoted by * p < 0.05 and *** p < 0.001.
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Table 1. I50 values (concentrations causing 50% growth inhibition) of Garcinia xanthochymus leaf extracts (mg dry weight equivalent extract/mL) on lettuce, rapeseed, Italian ryegrass, and timothy ± standard deviation.
Table 1. I50 values (concentrations causing 50% growth inhibition) of Garcinia xanthochymus leaf extracts (mg dry weight equivalent extract/mL) on lettuce, rapeseed, Italian ryegrass, and timothy ± standard deviation.
Aqueous Methanol Extracts of G. xanthochymus (mg Dry Weight Equivalent Extract/mL)
Test plant SpeciesShootRoot
Lettuce7.13 ± 0.944.73 ± 0.61
Rapeseed17.20 ± 0.6814.23 ± 0.85
Italian ryegrass15.84 ± 0.788.53 ± 0.99
Timothy7.13 ± 0.724.81 ± 0.97
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Table 2. The I50 value (concentration causing 50% of growth inhibition) of vanillic acid and methyl phloretate (µM) on cress and timothy standard deviation.
Table 2. The I50 value (concentration causing 50% of growth inhibition) of vanillic acid and methyl phloretate (µM) on cress and timothy standard deviation.
Tested SpeciesVanillic AcidMethyl Phloretate
Shoot ***Root ***Shoot ***Root ***
dicotCress331.7 ± 7.1314.7 ± 8.3113.7 ± 3.8104.7 ± 2.9
MonocotTimothy118.8 ± 4.4107.3 ± 4.153.4 ± 2.840.6 ± 1.9
Significant differences between vanillic acid and methyl phloretate represented by *** p < 0.001 (paired t-test).
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