Skip to main content
. 2016 Jun 3;7:763. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00763

Table 5.

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

Germplasm (no.) Variation in total phenols References
Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)
Landraces (37) 0.70–1.95 mg gallic acid equivalents (GAE) g−1 dry weight (DW) Abidi et al., 2015
Hulled and hull-less (11) 0.06–0.14 mg GAE g−1 extract Mahmoudi et al., 2015
Colored grains (18) 5.04–13.94; 7.97–14.12; 4.15–14.33; 8.20–8.94 mg g−1 GAE DW in black, blue, yellow, and mixed grain color, respectively Abdel-Aal et al., 2012
Two- and six-rows, hulled and hulless normal and waxy grains (6) 171–554 mg g−1 DW Gamel and Abdel-Aal, 2012
Hulled and hulless cultivars (12) 4.81–6.76 mg GAE g−1 DW Holtekjølen et al., 2011
Hulled and hulless cultivars (10) 0.25–0.67 mg g−1 DW$ Andersson et al., 2008
Cultivars (10) 0.25–0.49 mg GAE g−1 DW Dvořáková et al., 2008
Black, blue, purple grains (127) 0.19–0.40 mg GAE g−1 DW; unhulled (0.27 g−1) > hulled (0.21 mg g−1); blue and purple (0.27 mg g−1)> black (0.21 mg g−1) Kim et al., 2007
Maize (Zea mays L.)
Blue-grain (7) 10.10–13.47 mg GAE g−1 DW Urias-Lugo et al., 2015
Waxy (49) 0.005–0.012 mg GAE g−1 DW Harakotr et al., 2015
Landrace populations (33) 1.32–2.62 mg of GAE g−1 DW González-Muñoz et al., 2013
Inbred and landraces (10) 5.23–10.53mg GAE g−1 DW Žilić et al., 2012
Red and blue colored grains (9) 3.11–8.18 mg GAE g−1 DW Montilla et al., 2011
Waxy and normal yellow grains (4) 0.23–3.88 mg GAE g−1 DW Hu and Xu, 2011
Colored and white grains (18) 1.70–3.40 mg GAE g−1 DW Lopez-Martinez et al., 2009
Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Diverse accessions (20) 0.40–5.62 and 0.44–6.62 mg GAE g−1 DW in two seasons Shao et al., 2014a
Black, red, and white grains (3) 0.31–1.57 mg GAE g−1 DW Shao et al., 2014b
Black and white grains (15) 0.15–0.37 mg g−1 DW; greater variation in total soluble phenolics in black (0.17–0.37 mg g−1) than white (0.15–0.17 mg g−1) grains Park et al., 2012
Black, red, and white grains (6) 1.40–11.87 mg GAE g−1 DW Bordiga et al., 2014
Cultivars with pigmented and non-pigmented grains (11) 0.001–0.014 mg GAE g−1 bran; higher phenols in pigmented than non-pigmented; greater phenols in black-colored indica than black-colored japonica Huang and Ng, 2012
Black and red grains (13) Black grains: 3.37–6.65 mg g−1 FAE DW; Red grains: 0.79–6.91 mg g−1 FAE DW Sompong et al., 2011
Black grains (12) 23.65–73.67 mg GAE g−1 DW Zhang et al., 2010
Colored and white grains (21) 1.07–4.25 mg FAE g−1 DW de Mira et al., 2009
Wild (11) 2.47–4.07 mg FAE g−1 DW Qiu et al., 2009
White, red and black grains (481) 1.08–1.24 mg GAE g−1 DW; black grains (10.56 mg) > red (4.70 mg) > white (1.52 mg) Shen et al., 2009
Rye (Secale cereale L.)
Cultivars (10) 0.49–1.08 mg g−1 DW$ Nyström et al., 2008
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Conrad Moench)
Colored and white grains (381) 2–14 mg GAE g−1 DW; proanthocyanidins high in brown while 3-deoxyanthocyanidins in red grains Rhodes et al., 2014
Colored and white grains (287) 1–38 mg GAE g−1 DW; accessions with pigmented seeds had higher phenols Dykes et al., 2014
Lines and hybrids with black grains (8) 5–20 mg GAE g−1 DW Dykes et al., 2013
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Black, purple, and white grains (4) 0.51–0.66 mg GAE g−1 DW Li et al., 2015
Cultivars (23) 2.90–5.65 mg GAE g−1 bran DW Narwal et al., 2014
Spelt (6) 0.51–1.26 mg GAE g−1 DW Gawlik-Dziki et al., 2012
Hard and soft Canadian wheat cultivars (21) Soluble and bound phenols, respectively, ranged from 0.11–0.15 and 0.80–1.07 mg g−1 DW Ragaee et al., 2012
Colored grains (13) 120–177 mg FAE 100 g−1 DW; purple and blue grains had greater phenolic than red-grains Eticha et al., 2011
Market class (51) 3.41–6.70 mg g−1 GAE DW Verma et al., 2008
Spring and winter wheat, spelt, durum, einkorn, emmer (175) durum, spring, and winter wheat (0.61–0.70 mg FAE g−1); emmer (0.78 mg g−1)>einkorn (0.61 mg g−1)>Spelt (0.57 mg g−1); 2–3.6-fold variation within each group; winter wheat had greater variability (0.33–1.17 mg g−1) Li et al., 2008

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.