Table 2.
Means ± standard deviations of total phenolics and flavonoids content of six date palm cultivars at theBlah andTamr stages.
| Cultivar | Total phenolics (mg GAE/100 g DM) |
Flavonoids content (mg QE/100 g DM) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blah (Khalal) | Tamr | Blah (Khalal) | Tamr | |
| Ahmar dli | 803.3 ± 8.8b | 610 ± 4.4c | 127.7 ± 1.87b | 112.5 ± 0.83a |
| Ahmar denga | 604.4 ± 3.0f | 527 ± 7.1d | 106.8 ± 1.25d | 48.9 ± 0.6c |
| Bou seker | 853.3 ± 5.2a | 467.7 ± 7.7e | 134.3 ± 0.83a | 46.1 ± 1.98c |
| Tenterguel | 632.2 ± 6.5e | 405.5 ± 2.2f | 97.9 ± 0.84d | 39.5 ± 1.5d |
| Lemdina | 691.1 ± 6.6d | 622.2 ± 6.6b | 136.4 ± 1.2a | 81.2 ± 0.55b |
| Tijib | 786.6 ± 5.5c | 661.1 ± 3.1a | 114.3 ± 1.25c | 75.2 ± 1.04b |
| Average | 728.5 ± 95.8 | 558.9 ± 96.9 | 119.6 ± 14.7 | 67.3 ± 26.1 |
Values appended by a different letter are significantly different at the 0.05 probability level. GAE, gallic acid equivalent; DM, dry matter; QE, Quercetin equivalent.