Table 1.
Contents of tocochromanols, plastochromanol-8 and β-carotene in sea buckthorn vegetative parts.
| Plant sex | Vegetative part | Tocopherol (mg/100 g dw) |
PC-8 (mg/100 g dw) | β-Carotene (mg/100 g dw) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| α-T | β-T | γ-T | ||||
| Female | ||||||
| Leaves | 35.41 ± 0.59f | 2.43 ± 0.14d | 1.51 ± 0.07c | 1.79 ± 0.08c | 20.33 ± 0.45c | |
| Shoots | 19.56 ± 0.38d | 0.21 ± 0.02a | 0.41 ± 0.03a | 0.19 ± 0.02a | 6.46 ± 0.35b | |
| Berries | 16.90 ± 0.36c | 0.46 ± 0.04b | 0.58 ± 0.04b | 0.46 ± 0.04b | 4.43 ± 0.21a | |
| Male | ||||||
| Leaves | 23.96 ± 0.35e | 1.69 ± 0.04c | 1.27 ± 0.05c | 1.61 ± 0.04c | 24.57 ± 0.44c | |
| Shoots | 10.87 ± 0.25b | 0.22 ± 0.02a | 0.44 ± 0.03a | 0.26 ± 0.01a | 4.94 ± 0.27a | |
| Buds⁎ | 7.25 ± 0.15a | 0.34 ± 0.02b | 1.26 ± 0.06c | 0.42 ± 0.03b | 7.23 ± 0.19b | |
Results are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation (n = 3). Different letters in the same column indicate statistically significant difference at p < 0.05. T, tocopherol; T3, tocotrienol; PC-8, plastochromanol-8; dw, dry weight basis.
⁎
In the sample of male buds α-T3 was detected (1.99 ± 0.13 mg/100 g dw).