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. 2019 Mar 8;56(4):2073–2082. doi: 10.1007/s13197-019-03685-x

Table 2.

Dietary fiber, starch, total soluble sugars and neutral sugars content in “slightly ripe” (SR), “moderately ripe” (MR) and “fully ripe” (FR) ‘Ataulfo’ mangoes (%)

Parameter SR MR FR
Total dietary fiber 25.5a 18.3b 15.1c
Soluble fiber 15.2a 9.89b 7.82c
Insoluble fiber 10.3a 8.43b 7.37b
Starch 5.70a 0.96b 0.34c
Total soluble sugars 50.2a 68.4b 72.2b
Glucose 6.83a 5.46b 2.59c
Fructose 12.3a 18.1b 18.1b
Sucrose 31.1a 44.8b 51.5c
Neutral sugars (soluble fiber) 12.4a 13.7a 12.2a
Rhamnose 0.45a 0.42a 0.37a
Fucose 0.05a 0.05a 0.05a
Arabinose 2.50a 2.44a 2.28a
Xylose 0.12a 0.09a 0.12a
Mannose 3.69a 4.15a 3.32a
Galactose 3.41a 3.31a 3.07a
Glucose 2.24a 3.29b 3.06b
Neutral sugars (insoluble fiber) 12.0a 8.53b 6.83c
Rhamnose 0.26a 0.14b 0.11b
Fucose 0.63a 0.49b 0.38c
Arabinose 1.64a 1.14b 0.88c
Xylose 3.61a 2.63b 1.90c
Mannose 1.10a 0.74b 0.62b
Galactose 3.15a 2.26b 1.91c
Glucose 1.68a 1.13a 1.04a

Means values. Different letter between ripening stages indicates significant difference (p < 0.05)