Variation in terpenoids in leaves of Artemisia annua grown under different LED spectra resulting in diverse antimalarial activities against Plasmodium falciparum

Table 1 Leaf fresh weight, content and yield of artemisinin and artemisinic acid from leaf extracts of A. annua grown under different light spectra for 7 days

Treatment	Leaf FW (g)	Content (mg mL⁻¹ dry weight)		Yield (mg plant⁻¹)
Treatment	Leaf FW (g)	Artemisinin	Artemisinic acid	Artemisinin	Artemisinic acid
W (445, 554 nm)	1.91 ± 0.08 ^a	0.45 ± 0.01 ^a	0.29 ± 0.01 ^b	0.87 ± 0.04 ^a	0.55 ± 0.02 ^a
B (445 nm)	1.66 ± 0.05 ^b	0.37 ± 0.01 ^b	0.35 ± 0.01 ^a	0.62 ± 0.01 ^b	0.58 ± 0.03 ^a
R (660 nm)	1.59 ± 0.05 ^b	0.36 ± 0.00 ^b	0.25 ± 0.01 ^c	0.57 ± 0.02 ^c	0.39 ± 0.01 ^b

Different letters within the same column indicate highly significant differences at p ≤ 0.01 of mean (± SD) by Tukey’s HSD test

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