Table 3.
Means ± standard deviations of antioxidant capacity of six date cultivars at theBlah andTamr stages.
| Cultivar | Antioxidant activity (μmol TEAC/100 g DM) |
% lost activity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blah (Khalal) | Tamr | ||
| Ahmar dli | 108.4 ± 0.69a | 98.9 ± 1.03a | 8.7 |
| Ahmar denga | 99.1 ± 1.2b | 98.7 ± 1.03a | 0.4 |
| Bou seker | 129.3 ± 0.69c | 78.7 ± 0.86b | 39.1 |
| Tenterguel | 90.5 ± 0.86d | 75.6 ± 1.03b | 16.4 |
| Lemdina | 103.4 ± 1.03e | 95.8 ± 0.6c | 7.3 |
| Tijib | 114.3 ± 1.2f | 99.3 ± 0.51a | 13.1 |
| Average | 107.5 ± 12.6 | 91.2 ± 10.3 | 15.1 |
Values appended by a different letter are significantly different at the 0.05 probability level. TEAC, trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity; DM, dry matter.