Table 1.

Variation in lignan content in seeds of different accessions of Sesamum indicum germplasm studied over a period of 3 years

Variety	Seed colour	Lignan content (mg/g)
		Sesamol	Sesamin	Sesamolin	Total
AKT64	White	0.62	3.99	2.39	7.00
Amrit	Brown	0.32	4.56	1.85	6.73
Chandana	Brown	0.46	2.10	1.58	4.14
DS1	White	0.63	4.39	2.41	7.43
E8	White	1.08	5.75	2.68	9.51
FFAT0822	White	3.24	4.19	2.64	10.07
GT1	White	2.27	3.32	2.46	8.05
GT2	White	1.82	2.98	2.10	6.90
JLT1	Black	0.74	3.33	2.91	6.98
JLT7	White	0.81	5.33	2.57	8.71
JLT26	White	0.98	4.10	1.72	6.80
JT7	White	0.48	3.11	2.81	6.40
JTS8	White	0.85	2.82	2.06	5.73
Kallika	Brown	0.23	3.93	2.95	7.11
Krishna	Black	0.42	4.49	3.76	8.67
N8	Brown	0.17	4.36	2.18	6.71
N32	White	0.68	3.51	2.07	6.26
Nirmala	Brown	0.63	3.44	1.74	5.81
Phuletil	White	1.21	5.51	2.85	9.57
Prachi	Black	0.43	4.97	2.95	8.35
Praghti	White	1.43	3.46	2.82	7.71
Rajeswari	White	0.35	4.99	3.47	8.81
RT103	White	0.49	2.93	3.06	6.48
RT125	White	0.52	4.38	3.52	8.42
RT127	White	0.83	3.39	3.12	7.34
SVPR1	White	0.63	5.86	3.37	9.86
T12	White	1.50	4.62	2.93	9.05
T13	White	2.30	3.26	2.31	7.87
T78	White	1.69	3.32	1.96	6.97
Tarun	White	1.80	2.25	1.69	5.74
TC25	White	1.02	4.57	2.78	8.37
TC289	White	0.87	3.10	1.77	5.74
TKG22	White	0.80	3.33	2.44	6.57
TKG55	White	0.35	3.31	2.80	6.46
TMV3	Black	0.30	4.89	3.08	8.27
TMV4	Brown	0.25	4.97	2.90	8.12
TMV5	Brown	0.24	5.73	3.43	9.40
TMV6	Brown	0.28	4.87	3.24	8.39
Uma	Brown	0.16	3.91	1.52	5.59
Vinayak	Brown	0.47	4.00	3.28	7.75
VRI1	Brown	0.29	5.98	3.31	9.58
XLM19	Brown	0.22	3.92	3.02	7.16
YLM17	Brown	0.46	3.90	2.75	7.11
Mean	–	0.82	4.07	2.63	7.53
SD	–	0.67	0.97	0.59	1.35
CV	–	81.67	23.76	22.43	17.89
Minimum	–	0.16	2.10	1.52	4.14
Maximum	–	3.24	5.98	3.76	10.07