Table 1.

Leaf pigment profile of the Arabidopsis thaliana wild-type (WT) and dy1 mutant plants (μg/g fresh weight).

Pigment	WT	dy1	Ratio (dy1/WT)
Chl a	835.03 ± 6.82	289.55 ± 21.61∗∗	34.6%
Chl b	325.91 ± 14.33	128.98 ± 0.20∗∗	39.6%
Lutein	208.06 ± 0.21	77.46 ± 3.06∗∗	37.0%
β-Carotene	76.31 ± 2.56	24.86 ± 2.06∗∗	32.6%
Neoxanthin	51.61 ± 2.80	17.85 ± 0.11∗∗	34.5%
Violaxanthin	60.62 ± 0.45	34.18 ± 0.99∗∗	56.4%
Antheraxanthin	–	0.98 ± 0.08∗∗
Zeaxanthin	–	0.711 ± 0.04∗∗

Data represent means ± SD (Student’s t-test; n = 6; ^∗∗P < 0.01).