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Table 2. Profile of different catechins and caffeine concentration in three tea cultivar during development and seasonal variation.

Sample	GC mg/g	CV%	C mg/g	CV%	EC mg/g	CV%	ECG mg/g	CV%	EGC mg/g	CV%	EGCG mg/g	CV%	TC mg/g	CV%	Caffeine mg/g	CV%
HBA	8.06 ± 0.14^d	1.737	14.03 ± 0.03^g	0.214	19.94 ± 0.01^a	0.050	30.57 ± 0.15^e	0.491	18.19 ± 0.11^dc	0.605	107.48 ± 0.07^c	0.065	198.27 ± 0.02^c	0.008	44.40 ± 0.68^b	1.533
HSA	6.57 ± 0.34^g	5.175	4.22 ± 0.31^nop	7.346	12.27 ± 0.08^e	0.652	14.94 ± 1.65^k	11.044	11.68 ± 0.36^g	3.039	18.76 ± 0.12^on	0.640	68.42 ± 1.75^jk	2.558	19.65 ± 0.37^l	1.895
HBMD	7.49 ± 0.05^e	0.668	12.09 ± 0.61^h	5.045	13.38 ± 0.12^d	0.897	20.15 ± 0.22^h	1.092	17.88 ± 0.25^dc	1.370	97.66 ± 2.99^fe	3.062	168.62 ± 3^e	1.779	33.18 ± 0.26^e	0.786
HSMD	0	0.000	4.68 ± 0.44^mn	9.402	11.63 ± 0.05^f	0.430	8.45 ± 0.0.4^m	4.734	10.21 ± 0.03^ih	0.294	15.55 ± 0.04^srq	0.257	50.51 ± 0.79^ml	1.554	18.39 ± 0.9ⁿ	4.824
HBD	8.69 ± 0.32^c	3.682	6.39 ± 0.02^j	0.313	10.24 ± 0.04^ji	0.391	18.78 ± 0.51ⁱ	2.716	16.03 ± 0.48^e	2.994	53.83 ± 0.49ⁱ	0.910	113.97 ± 1.85^h	1.623	29.25 ± 0.20^g	0.684
HSD	0	0.000	4.03 ± 0.03^op	0.744	9.85 ± 0.01^h	0.102	7.29 ± 0.16^on	2.195	10.25 ± 0.03^ih	0.244	16.93 ± 0.01^qp	0.059	48.34 ± 0.1^nm	0.197	16.51 ± 0.05^o	0.311
HBMA	0	0.000	15.59 ± 0.07^e	0.449	15.82 ± 0.02^b	0.126	24.43 ± 0.5^g	2.047	14.96 ± 0.26^f	1.638	98.67 ± 0.04^e	0.041	169.45 ± 0.14^e	0.083	27.60 ± 0.10^h	0.397
HSMA	0	0.000	4.5 ± 0.39^no	8.667	10.38 ± 0.04ⁱ	0.385	3.21 ± 0.01^r	0.312	10.24 ± 0.02^ih	0.146	16.75 ± 0.01^rpq	0.060	45.07 ± 0.45^o	0.998	18.78 ± 0.05^nm	0.282
TBA	7.34 ± 0.28^e	3.815	32.68 ± 0.67^a	2.050	13.31 ± 0.17^d	1.277	57.22 ± 0.17^a	0.297	24.91 ± 0.37^a	1.485	103.87 ± 1.37^d	1.319	239.31 ± 0.1^b	0.038	36.52 ± 0.15^c	0.397
TSA	0	0.000	5.28 ± 0.11^kl	2.083	9.95 ± 0.05^h	0.503	9.11 ± 0.01^m	0.110	9.38 ± 0.14^k	1.439	17.77 ± 0.1^po	0.563	51.48 ± 0.17^l	0.330	18.68 ± 0.08^nm	0.446
TBMD	6.88 ± 0.06^f	0.872	26.29 ± 0.64^d	2.434	10.12 ± 0.18^j	1.779	26.57 ± 0.44^f	1.656	18.35 ± 0.05^c	0.272	75.97 ± 0.7^h	0.921	164.16 ± 2.05 ^f	1.249	23.14 ± 0.05ⁱ	0.222
TSMD	0	0.000	8.17 ± 0.04ⁱ	0.490	8.07 ± 0.05^m	0.620	4.21 ± 0.01^q	0.238	6.27 ± 0.43^m	6.778	15.12 ± 0.02^sr	0.132	41.83 ± 0.44^l	1.052	16.12 ± 0.03^o	0.156
TBD	10.17 ± 0.15^a	1.475	6.77 ± 0.03^j	0.443	5.68 ± 0.25^p	4.401	11.36 ± 0.62^l	5.458	18.08 ± 0.25^dc	1.383	37.95 ± 2.83^k	7.457	89.99 ± 1.54ⁱ	1.711	21.39 ± 0.19^j	0.880
TSD	5.84 ± 0.1^h	1.712	5.04 ± 0.04^lm	0.794	4.37 ± 0.01^q	0.229	10.86 ± 0.08^l	0.737	12.04 ± 0.26^g	2.159	31.62 ± 0.12^l	0.380	69.76 ± 0.44^j	0.631	10.0 ± 0.54^q	5.365
TBMA	7 ± 0.07^f	1.000	30.44 ± 0.02^b	0.066	9.4 ± 0.03^k	0.319	33.97 ± 0.17^d	0.500	23.44 ± 0.21^b	0.896	92.87 ± 0.83^g	0.894	197.11 ± 1.18^dc	0.599	31.14 ± 0.49^f	1.574
TSMA	0	0.000	3.96 ± 0.03^p	0.758	8.73 ± 0.06^l	0.687	5.43 ± 0.06^p	1.105	8.75 ± 0.37^l	4.171	13.28 ± 0.01^t	0.075	40.14 ± 0.45^p	1.121	23.40 ± 0.46ⁱ	1.958
UBA	8.75 ± 0.26^c	2.971	27.19 ± 0.01^c	0.037	15.42 ± 0.08^c	0.519	39.35 ± 0.14^c	0.356	23.31 ± 0.11^b	0.450	154.61 ± 1.18^a	0.763	268.61 ± 1.37^a	0.510	34.58 ± 0.11^d	0.325
USA	6.03 ± 0.14^h	2.322	4.2 ± 0.02^nop	0.476	10.76 ± 0.01^h	0.093	16.45 ± 0.23^j	1.398	10.03 ± 0.33^ji	3.290	19.99 ± 0.06^nm	0.300	67.46 ± 0.13^k	0.185	19.09 ± 0.04^ml	0.218
UBMD	0	0.000	6.71 ± 0.07^j	1.043	9.52 ± 0.01^k	0.105	14.55 ± 0.08^k	0.550	11.73 ± 0.29^g	2.430	96.03 ± 0.01^f	0.010	138.53 ± 0.1^g	0.043	27.24 ± 0.61^h	2.231
USMD	0	0.000	5.6 ± 0.07^k	1.250	7.98 ± 0.0^2m	0.251	7.61 ± 0.28ⁿ	3.679	10.52 ± 1.02^ih	9.696	18.26 ± 0.59^po	3.231	49.96 ± 0.21^nml	0.420	23.13 ± 0.75ⁱ	3.231
UBD	9.23 ± 0.2^b	2.167	4.56 ± 0.06ⁿ	1.316	8.09 ± 0.02^m	0.247	11.64 ± 0.44^l	3.780	10.7 ± 0.05^h	0.467	45.69 ± 0.31^j	0.678	89.9 ± 1.07ⁱ	1.190	20.63 ± 0.26^k	1.263
USD	0	0.000	3.74 ± 0.01^p	0.267	6.9 ± 0.06^o	0.870	5.51 ± 0.24^p	4.356	8.74 ± 0.4^l	4.577	14.76 ± 0.23^ts	1.558	39.64 ± 0.13^p	0.315	7.48 ± 0.02^p	0.034
UBMA	0	0.000	14.98 ± 0.33 ^f	2.203	10.94 ± 0.08^g	0.731	37.04 ± 1.2^d	3.240	17.66 ± 0.53^d	2.973	114.62 ± 1.58^b	1.378	195.23 ± 3.71^d	1.900	32.63 ± 0.21^e	0.644
USMA	0	0.000	3.84 ± 0.15^p	3.906	7.09 ± 0.03ⁿ	0.423	6.49 ± 0.04^o	0.616	9.49 ± 0.07^kj	0.685	20.96 ± 0.01 ^m	0.048	47.86 ± 0.15ⁿ	0.313	15.45 ± 0.01^p	0.065

The values are mean ± SD; Mean values having different superscript lowercase letters are significantly different according to Duncan’s multiple range test at P ≤ 0.05; SEM 3.01.