Table 3 Pathways having significantly (p < 0.05) high impact in pathogen challenged tomato leaves.

From: Metabolomics of early blight (Alternaria solani) susceptible tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) unfolds key biomarker metabolites and involved metabolic pathways

Sr. no.

Pathway name

Match status*

p value

Pathway impact

1

Diterpenoid biosynthesis

28/28

4.71 × 10–10

1.0001

2

Brassinosteroid biosynthesis

26/26

2.23 × 10–9

1.0

3

Sesquiterpenoid and triterpenoid biosynthesis

24/24

1.05 × 10–8

1.0

4

One carbon pool by folate

8/8

0.0023

1.0

5

Steroid biosynthesis

42/45

1.98 × 10–11

0.925

6

Ubiquinone and other terpenoid-quinone biosynthesis

26/38

0.0056

0.891

7

Pentose phosphate pathway

16/19

8.81 × 10–4

0.856

8

Carotenoid biosynthesis

32/43

1.91 × 10–4

0.837

9

Valine, leucine and isoleucine biosynthesis

18/22

7.95 × 10–4

0.817

10

Tryptophan metabolism

18/28

0.047

0.791

11

Pentose and glucuronate interconversions

12/16

0.021

0.781

12

Arginine and proline metabolism

22/34

0.026

0.730

13

Monoterpenoid biosynthesis

8/9

0.012

0.375

  1. *Matching status of the compounds in the data sets with those in the KEGG Compound database of Solanum lycopersicum {sly}.