Table 4 |
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| Phenolic contents in fruit peel methanol extracts of seven pomegranate cultivars cultivated in South Africa | ||||
| Cultivar | Total phenolics | Total flavonoid | Total gallotannin | Total anthocyanin |
| mg GAE/ g DM | mg CAE /g DM | μg GAE/ g DM | μg C3gE /g DM | |
| Arakta | 187.4±6.44ab | 103.0±1.86a | 783.6±65.11d | 289.7±1.63d |
| Bhagwa | 224.1±6.86c | 112.6±1.51b | 697.7±42.92cd | 312.6±1.25e |
| Ganesh | 295.5±23.91d | 121.1±3.12c | 777.2±34.28d | 65.1±1.00a |
| Herskawitz | 198.1±9.22abc | 101.0±1.02a | 530.1±33.86b | 195.9±2.25c |
| Molla de Elche | 179.3±4.60a | 99.5±2.94a | 560.3±62.08bc | 58.5±1.27a |
| Ruby | 218.2±4.53bc | 126.0±0.57c | 326.0±35.28a | 111.7±3.51b |
| Wonderful | 189.1±3.79ab | 97.8±2.10a | 466.3±69.4ab | 322.2±11.90f |
GAE, gallic acid equivalent; CAE, catechin equivalent; C3gE, cyanidin-3glucoside equivalent; DM, dry mass. Mean values in the same column followed by different letters (a-c) represent statistical different (P <0.05) using the Duncan’s multiple range test.
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