Table 1.
Carotenoids (μg/100g DW) in ripe fruit-pulp of Indian banana cultivars.
| S.No. | Musa cultivars | Genome | Fruit type | β-Carotene | α-Carotene | β-Carotene equivalentsa | Lutein | Zeaxanthin | Lycopene |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ney Poovan | AB | Dessert | 166.56 ± 8.56 | 111.96 ± 2.32 | 222.54 | 272.27 ± 8.65 | ND | ND |
| 2 | Grand Naine | AAA | Dessert | 422.66 ± 90.02* | 215.66 ± 16.45** | 530.49 | 176.00 ± 17.64 | ND | ND |
| 3 | Red Banana | AAA | Dessert | 438.00 ± 14.00* | 243.00 ± 19.00** | 559.50 | 2319.00 ± 186.72** | ND | ND |
| 4 | Manoranjitham | AAA | Dessert | 179.81 ± 16.62 | 54.50 ± 5.50 | 207.06 | 69.50 ± 8.50 | ND | ND |
| 5 | Robusta | AAA | Dessert | 192.00 ± 13.00 | 82.50 ± 6.27 | 233.25 | 249.92 ± 9.02 | ND | ND |
| 6 | Rasthali | AAB | Dessert | 105.35 ± 7.35 | 129.40 ± 4.00 | 170.05 | 377.04 ± 41.10 | ND | ND |
| 7 | Nendran | AAB | Cooking | 3011.94 ± 176.70** | 1377.34 ± 325.77** | 3700.58 | 182.55 ± 13.20 | ND | ND |
| 8 | Poovan | AAB | Dessert | 930.62 ± 38.86** | 278.26 ± 57.43** | 1069.75 | 570.57 ± 123.12 | ND | ND |
| 9 | KachaKola | ABB | Cooking | 171.84 ± 14.52 | 112.81 ± 2.84 | 228.25 | 222.00 ± 13.54 | ND | ND |
| 10 | Karpuravalli | ABB | Dessert | 134.02 ± 12.35 | 16.31 ± 3.48 | 142.18 | 162.76 ± 28.00 | ND | ND |
a
β-Carotene Equivalents calculated by the sum of β-carotene plus one-half of α-carotene.
Values represent mean of carotenoid content ± SD. Prism GraphPad software (GraphPad Software Inc., San Diego, CA, USA) was used to compare the mean by Student's paired t-test. Statistical significant was checked at p ≤ 0.05 - 0.01 (
*
p ≤ 0.05,
**
p ≤ 0.01) with respect to the Rasthali. The values without asterisk marked are not significantly different.
DW, Dry weight; ND, Not detected.