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. 2019 Sep 12;8(9):404. doi: 10.3390/foods8090404

Table 1.

Sugar content of five wild agave varieties at three different ages.

Agave Variety Age (Years) Leaf to Leaf Length (cm) Nomenclature Direct Reducing Sugars (g·100 g−1) Fructans (g·100 g−1)
A. spp. 2–4 57.0 ± 11.34 a A.s1 23.63 ± 0.15 a 76.40 ± 0.15 a
A. spp. 6–8 183.0 ± 8.64 c A.s2 17.33 ± 0.3 b 82.67 ± 0.3 b
A. spp. 10–12 255.33 ± 49.10 d A.s3 14.06 ± 0.12 c 85.90 ± 0.12 c
A. atrovirens 2–4 51.66 ± 13.91 a A.a1 24.21 ± 0.40 a 75.80 ± 0.40 a
A. atrovirens 6–8 246.33 ± 55.40 d A.a2 12.72 ± 0.65 c 87.28 ± 0.65 c
A. atrovirens 10–12 322.66 ± 1.24 f A.a3 13.55 ± 0.23 c 86.45 ± 0.23 c
A. salmiana spp. crassipina 2–4 74.0 ± 14.16 ab A.s-c1 22.70 ± 1.06 a 77.30 ± 1.06 a
A. salmiana spp. crassipina 6–8 264.0 ± 18.49 de A.s-c2 11.92 ± 0.92 c 88.08 ± 0.92 c
A. salmiana spp. crassipina 10–12 308.0 ± 14.89 ef A.s-c3 13.08 ± 1.34 c 86.90 ± 1.34 c
A. tequilana cenizo variety 2–4 56.83 ± 4.36 a A.t-c1 21.30 ± 1.16 a 78.30 ± 1.16 a
A. tequilana cenizo variety 6–8 97.5 ± 24.60 ab A.t-c2 18.55 ± 0.45 b 81.45 ± 0.45 b
A. tequilana cenizo variety 10–12 85.66 ± 7.76 ab A.t-c3 10.38 ± 0.87 c 89.70 ± 0.87 c
A. salmiana chino variety 2–4 104.33 ± 14.61 b A.s-ch1 26.40 ± 1.07 a 73.60 ± 1.07 a
A. salmiana chino variety 6–8 163.0 ± 14.56 c A.s-ch2 18.03 ± 0.84 b 81.97 ± 0.84 b
A. salmiana chino variety 10–12 187.83 ± 21.83 c A.s-ch3 13.08 ± 0.77 c 86.90 ± 0.77 c

Different letters indicate significant statistical differences between lines. Statistical analysis was performed by column, leaf to leaf (p = 0.023979), Direct Reducing Sugars (p = 0.005049).