Table 2.

Anthocyanin contents of the chrysanthemum cultivars.

Group	Cultivar	Anthocyanins (mg/g, dry weight)
		Cyanidin-3-O-Glucoside	Cyanidin-3-O-(6”-Malonyl Glucoside)	Cyanidin	Total
I	Noble Wine	0.136 ± 0.002c 1	0.754 ± 0.022c	0.348 ± 0.007c	1.239 ± 0.031c
	ARTI-Dark Chocolate	0.545 ± 0.031 a	4.547 ± 0.292 a	1.482 ± 0.095 a	6.574 ± 0.418 a
	ARTI-Purple Lady	0.234 ± 0.001 b	1.558 ± 0.004 b	0.644 ± 0.002 b	2.436 ± 0.008 b
	ARTI-Yellow Star	0.074 ± 0.001ef	0.161 ± 0.007g	0.200 ± 0.002fg	0.434 ± 0.010hi
II	Pinky	0.078 ± 0.001ef	0.192 ± 0.007fg	0.236 ± 0.004ef	0.507 ± 0.012g
	ARTI-Red Star	0.100 ± 0.000d	0.349 ± 0.001de	0.285 ± 0.001de	0.734 ± 0.003ef
	ARTI-Rising Sun	0.067 ± 0.000ef	0.118 ± 0.001g	0.199 ± 0.001fg	0.385 ± 0.002ij
III	Argus	0.065 ± 0.000f	0.096 ± 0.000g	0.177 ± 0.000g	0.339 ± 0.000j
	ARTI-Purple	0.100 ± 0.000d	0.329 ± 0.002ef	0.270 ± 0.001de	0.698 ± 0.004f
	ARTI-Queen	0.082 ± 0.001e	0.189 ± 0.008fg	0.204 ± 0.002fg	0.475 ± 0.012g
IV	Plaisir d’amour	0.100 ± 0.002d	0.377 ± 0.013de	0.301 ± 0.004d	0.778 ± 0.018e
	ARTI-Rollypop	0.113 ± 0.000d	0.496 ± 0.006d	0.281 ± 0.001de	0.890 ± 0.007d

¹ Mean separation within columns by Duncan’s Multiple Range Tests (p ≤ 0.05, n = 3).