Recolectamos muestras de dos especies forrajeras: Gliricidia sepium, y Tithonia diversifolia en dos localidades en diferentes pisos térmicos (Tuluá 960 msnm y Codazzi 131 msnm) y evaluamos el contenido de los taninos condensados y polifenoles totales, tomando muestras de hojas de tres zonas fotosintéticas de la planta. Aplicamos técnicas analíticas e instrumentales de la AOAC internacional para determinar la presencia de fitometabolitos secundarios. Encontramos que en T. diversifolia y en G. sepium no existen diferencias significativas en el contenido de polifenoles totales (PFT) y taninos condensados (TC) entre las dos zonas de la plantas, pero sí existe diferencia significativa entre las muestras provenientes de diferentes pisos térmicos.

Samples were collected from 2 forage plants (leaf stalk) of the species Gliricidia sepium and Tithonia diversifolia in different soil conditions (departments of Valle del Cauca and Cesar) and evaluated for total polyphenol content, total tannins, condensed tannins and Saponinas. The purpose was to detect the effect of the conditions of electrical conductivity on the concentration of these secondary fitobiomoléculas metabolized by the plant cell. We applied analytical techniques and instrumental AOAC (2005) to determine the presence of such fitometabolitos side. The results obtained for each variable were subjected to analysis of variance two-way, in order to determine statistical differences between areas sampled and evaluated species. Additionally, we performed a multiple correlation analysis using the Pearson coefficient, in order to detect any correlation between electrical conductivity and the content of secondary metabolites quantified in the species sampled. It was concluded that the content of total polyphenols, total tannins, condensed tannins and saponins did not show statistically significant differences between the three areas sampled, and there was high correlation between the value of the electrical conductivity of soil and content of secondary metabolites.