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. 2019 Aug 14;24(16):2945. doi: 10.3390/molecules24162945

Table 2.

The content of phenolic acids in pumpkin varieties.

Cultivar Phenolic Acids
(mg/100 g dm)
Gallic Acid Protocatechuic Acid 4-Hydroxybenzoic Acid Vanilic Acid Chlorogenic Acid Caffeic Acid P-coumaric Acid Ferulic Acid Sinapic Acid
Cucurbita pepo Spaghetti 7.72 ± 0.03a 27.49 ± 0.18a 17.00 ± 0.34a 1.39 ± 0a 4.04 ± 0.03a 98.86 ± 0.53a 0.04 ± 0.0a 5.09 ± 0.04a 11.12 ± 0.07a
Miranda 6.50 ± 0.04b 11.1 ± 0.05b 4.03 ± 0.16b 3.06 ± 0.03b 8.00 ± 0.03b 101.82 ± 0.34b 0.94 ± 0.04b 41.41 ± 0.46b n.d.
Snow Ball 14.50 ± 0.04c 4.91 ± 0.03c 16.71 ± 0.25a 7.10 ± 0.05c 4.05 ± 0.04a 28.97 ± 0.33c n.d. 1.90 ± 0.03c n.d.
Orangita 9.38 ± 0.03d 8.33 ± 0.06d 9.84 ± 0.05c 5.67 ± 0.03d 6.01 ±0.02c 118.83 ± 0.58d 0.92 ± 0.01c 6.17 ± 0.06d n.d.
Casperita 21.91 ± 0.04e 6.86 ± 0.06e 5.90 ± 0.14d 4.83 ± 0.06e 7.88 ± 0.04d 49.56 ± 0.48e n.d. 6.01 ± 0.08d 7.24 ± 0.14b
Baby Boo 11.18 ± 0.09f 19.00 ± 0.25f 5.54 ± 0.15d 1.07 ± 0.01f 3.52 ± 0.03e 75.06 ± 0.29f 0.16 ± 0.01d 9.09 ± 0.02e n.d.
Delicata 14.66 ± 0.04g 38.46 ± 0.45g 9.49 ± 0.13c 5.32 ± 0.01g 5.38 ± 0.01f 50.19 ± 0.13g n.d. 12.39 ± 0.07f 11.32 ± 0.13a
Table Queen 16.37 ± 0.04h 23.02 ± 0.31h 22.21 ± 0.15e 3.99 ± 0.01h 5.25 ± 0.02g 34.46 ± 0.34h n.d. 40.90 ± 0.39g 27.24 ± 0.23c
Festival 4.83 ± 0.05i 4.50 ± 0.11i 14.90 ± 0.42f 5.34 ± 0.02g 6.30 ± 0.06h 90.79 ± 0.57i 1.15 ± 0.02e 26.45 ± 0.10h n.d.
Cucurbita moschata Butternut 11.49 ± 0.15j 9.90 ± 0.01j 22.56 ± 0.56e 4.38 ± 0.02i 5.11 ± 0.06 16.75 ± 0.21j 3.06 ± 0.01f 26.86 ± 0.17i 27.58 ± 0.40d
Butterkin 5.34 ± 0.02k 8.92 ± 0.02k 7.72 ± 0.07g 4.08 ± 0.03j 2.20 ± 0.01 11.79 ± 0.15k n.d. 4.53 ± 0.06j 17.95 ± 0.11e
Futsu 12.33 ± 0.12l 16.81 ± 0.02l 11.32 ± 0.14h 5.35 ± 0.03g 3.56 ± 0.03e 28.01 ± 0.12l n.d. 12.53 ± 0.17f n.d.
Shishigatani 25.62 ± 0.06m 52.55 ± 0.04m 9.87 ± 0.04c 9.49 ± 0.02k 7.10 ± 0.02 8.96 ± 0.07m 1.90 ± 0.01g n.d. n.d.
Orange Butternut 8.92 ± 0.03n 33.63 ± 0.42n 14.12 ± 0.50i 0.48 ± 0.02l 7.85 ± 0.01d 53.04 ± 0.39n 0.66 ± 0.01h 22.45 ± 0.04k 23.14 ± 0.19f
Yuxijiangbinggua 5.31 ± 0.01k 27.93 ± 0.06o 28.99 ± 0.22j 3.96 ± 0.01h 4.02 ± 0.01a 74.52 ± 0.42f 1.03 ± 0.01i 9.02 ± 0.02e 14.39 ± 0.17g

a–n: means in the same column followed by the same letters shown in superscript do not significantly differ (p > 0.05) in terms of analyzed variables; dm: dry mass; n.d.—not detected; the results are expressed as the mean values ± standard deviation of the triplicate samples.