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. 2012 Jun 19;63(12):4497–4511. doi: 10.1093/jxb/ers134

Table 1.

Carotenoid and chlorophyll concentrations [μg (g fresh weight)–1] in ripe fruit skin and flesh of different apple genotypes

Compound ‘Aotea’ ‘M. 9’ YAM9 WAM9 ‘Granny Smith’ ‘Royal Gala’
Fruit skin
Antheraxanthin 1.90 0.70 1.10 0.90
Violaxanthin 1.90 1.20 1.10 1.00 1.80 1.00
Luteoxanthin 0.80 1.10 1.90 0.90
Lutein 0.80 1.00 1.00 4.10 0.90
α-Carotene 4.20 1.30
β-Carotene 7.3 1.30
cis-β-Carotene 2.30
Other carotenoids 4.40 0.10 4.60 0.1 2.90
Total carotenoid 22.00 3.60 10.40 3.10 7.90 6.60
Chlorophyll a 1.04 0.36 0.92 0.41 1.04 0.41
Chlorophyll b 0.99 0.42 1.24 0.29 0.92 0.61
Fruit flesh
iso-Neoxanthin 3.40 0.35 2.35 0.51
Neoxanthin 2.35 0.31 1.66 0.16 0.17 0.29
Violaxanthin 3.13 1.96 0.16 0.54
Luteoxanthin 1.93 0.36 0.18 0.20
Lutein 0.28 0.28
β-Cryptoxanthin 6.42 0.32
Zeaxanthin 0.47
β-Carotene 5.06 0.17 0.60 0.15 0.17
cis-β-Carotene 0.46 0.19
Other carotenoids 6.44 0.38 1.31 0.16 0.19 0.25
Total carotenoid 29.66 1.48 9.06 0.81 0.81 1.79

No inhibitory activity (NI) was observed at 5 mM concentration of the cystatin.