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. 2017 Sep 7;8:1545. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01545

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Pigment analysis during floral development stages of Camellia nitidissima. (A), Different stages of floral buds: S1–S5 indicate the five developmental stages; buds average diameter: S1, 0.8 ± 0.2 centimeter; S2, 1.2 ± 0.2 centimeter; S3, 1.8 ± 0.2 centimeter; S4, 2.6 ± 0.3 centimeter; S5, 4.5 ± 0.5 centimeter. (B), HPLC determination of pigments, including quercetin, kaempferol, neoxanthin, violaxanthin, xanthophyll and α–carotene. Significant differences (P < 0.05) among different samples were performed by SPSS17.0 software and shown in different upper case letters.