Characterization of the physico-chemical properties of the natural habitat and in vitro culture effects on the biochemistry, proliferation and morphology of Lemna minuta

Table 7 Variation of L. minuta’s protein and carbohydrate content in different studied culture media

	N		*Mean*	*Std.dev*	*Min*	*Max*	*Median*
Proteins (µg/g FW)
AAP	3	(a)	39.21	9.77	33.44	50.49	33.69
HM	3	(a)	24.49	8.77	17.88	34.43	21.15
MS	3	(a)	28.19	12.22	19.42	42.15	23.01
SH	3	(a)	25.08	1.55	23.62	26.71	24.92
SIS	3	(a)	36.88	8.26	27.39	42.46	40.79
N.H	3	(a)	3999.67	1924.68	2130	5975	3894.00
Carbohydrates (µg/g FW)
AAP	3	(a,b)	17.09	13.75	2.84	30.28	18.15
HM	3	(a)	18.12	10.17	11.22	29.8	13.33
MS	3	(a,b)	67.66	14.01	53	80.91	69.07
SH	3	(a,b)	57.01	39.22	12.18	84.96	73.89
SIS	3	(a,b)	49.24	7.88	40.29	55.11	52.32
N.H	3	(b)	2406.67	511.28	1935	2950	2335

Significant differences between the groups are indicated by distinct letters and were found through a Kruskal–Wallis analysis combined with a Dun post-test (p < 0.05)

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