Table 2.
Item | Hojiblanca | Arbequina | P-Value | |||||||||
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2014 | 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | |||||||||
1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | SEM | Cultivar | Year | Stage | |
CoQ10 (mg/L) | 152A | 121A | 206B | 205B | 57.4a | 88.4b | 138c | 142c | 2.28 | ** | ** | n.s. |
Chlorophylls (mg/kg) | 2.24B | 1.24A | 3.58C | 3.72C | 3.66a | 3.86a | 10.6c | 5.20b | 0.06 | ** | ** | ** |
Carotenoids (mg/kg) | 4.28B | 3.74B | 2.10A | 2.28A | 1.86a | 2.20ab | 5.33c | 2.53b | 0.04 | n.s. | n.s. | ** |
Phenolic Compounds (μg/kg) | ||||||||||||
Flavonoids | 1054C | 1125D | 816A | 931B | 508b | 815c | 343a | 904d | 0.51 | ** | ** | ** |
Phenolic acids | 274C | 297D | 116B | 76A | 28a | 30a | 55b | 99c | 0.51 | ** | ** | ** |
Phenol alcohols | 519C | 640D | 97A | 135B | 81b | 55a | 294c | 464d | 0.51 | ** | ** | ** |
L* | 22.6D | 25.0C | 19.3B | 17.9A | 26.4b | 26.3b | 18.0a | 17.6a | 0.21 | ** | ** | n.s. |
a* | 0.53D | −0.79A | −0.04B | 0.28C | −2.19a | −2.24a | 0.24b | 0.32b | 0.01 | ** | ** | ** |
b* | 8.15D | 12.3C | 4.36B | 2.55A | 10.9b | 12.5c | 2.54a | 2.46a | 0.02 | ** | ** | ** |
a Results are expressed per L or kg of EVOO; Means within a line are mean values for each cultivar, year and crop stage. SEM: standard deviation of mean. Within each line, capital letters and lowercase represent statistical differences (P < 0.05) in each cultivar, Hojiblanca and Arbequina, respectively. n.s: P > 0.05; * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01.