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Table 1 Summary on the time criteria of photosynthetic metabolite sampling

From: An integrated isotopic labeling and freeze sampling apparatus (ILSA) to support sampling leaf metabolomics at a centi-second scale

Symbol

Description

Value

\({{\varvec{\tau}}}_{{\varvec{p}}}\)

Characteristic time of leaf photosynthesis

10 s

\({{\varvec{\tau}}}_{{\varvec{i}}}\)

Time interval of sampling (theoretical upper limit)

5 s

\({{\varvec{\tau}}}_{{\varvec{s}}}\)

Time of sampling (theoretical upper limit)

0.25 s

\({{\varvec{\tau}}}_{{\varvec{s}}}(\mathbf{I}\mathbf{L}\mathbf{S}\mathbf{A})\)

Time of sampling using ILSA

52.64 (± 8.03) ms