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. 2016 Jun 3;7:763. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00763

Table 3.

Germplasm-wide variations in total phenylpropanoid constituents in staple cereals.

Germplasm (no.) Variation in total anthocyanin content References
Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)
Colored grains (4) 0.047–0.084 mg g−1 dry weight (DW)$ Diczházi and Kursinszki, 2014
Hulled and unhulled colored grains (127) 0.013–1.038 mg catechin equiv. g−1 DW Kim et al., 2007
Maize (Zea mays L.)
Blue-grain hybrids/varieties (7) 0.65–1.05 mg cyaniding 3-glucoside (Cy3Glu) equiv. g−1 DW Urias-Lugo et al., 2015
Waxy maize (49) 0.07–1.06 mg Cy3Glu equiv. g−1 DW Harakotr et al., 2015
Colored grains (4) 1.74–9.63 mg Cy3Glu equiv. g−1 DW Mendoza-Díaz et al., 2012
Colored grains (10) 0.002–0.696 mg Cy3Glu equiv. g−1 DW Žilić et al., 2012
Red and blue grains (9) 0.02–0.72 mg Cy3Glu equiv. g−1 DW Montilla et al., 2011
Waxy colored and normal yellow grains (3) 0.001–2.761 mg Cy3Glu equiv. g−1 DW Hu and Xu, 2011
Colored grains (18) 0.30–8.50 mg Cy3Glu equiv. g−1; purple, 0.93 to8.50 mg; black, 0.76-1.20 mg; Red, 0.85–1.54 mg Lopez-Martinez et al., 2009
Colored grains (9) 0.051–1.277 mg g−1 DW$ Abdel-Aal et al., 2006
Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Colored grains (9) 0.21–2.98 mg g−1 DW$ Chen et al., 2012
Black and red grains (13) Black grains: 1.09–2.56 mg Cy3Glu equiv. 100 g−1 DW; Red grains: 0.003–0.014 mg Cy3Glu equiv. g−1 DW Sompong et al., 2011
Black grains (12) 12.31–51.01 mg Cy3Glu equiv. g−1 DW Zhang et al., 2010
Black grains (10) 0.052–1.684 mg Cy3Glu equiv. g−1 DW Lee, 2010
Wild rice with colored grains (3) 0.027–3.276 mg g−1 DW$ Abdel-Aal et al., 2006
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Conrad Moench)
Colored grains (12) 0.032–0.68 mg g−1 DW$ Dykes et al., 2009
Black grained lines and hybrids (8) 0.33–1.05 mg g−1 DW$ Dykes et al., 2013
Wheat (Triticum species)
Durum and bread wheat colored grains (76) Blue colored bread wheat, 0.082–0.174 mg g−1 DW, mean 0.118 mg; purple and red colored durum wheat, 0.008–0.05 (mean, 0.023), and 0.001–0.025 mg (mean, 0.01), respectively$ Ficco et al., 2014
Colored grains (4) 0.007–0.12 mg g−1 DW$ Žofajova et al., 2012
Pigmented grains (13) 0.0034–0.0752 cyanidin glucoside equiv. mg g−1 DW Eticha et al., 2011
Colored grains (7) 0.007–0.212 mg g−1 DW$ Abdel-Aal et al., 2006

Original data on phenylpropanoid constituents given in papers cited here were converted and presented into mg g-1 dry weight.

$

total anthocyanin (not the anthocyanin compounds) value was given in the original literature.