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Total phenolic content (bars) and antioxidant activity Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) (dashed line) in different Theobroma cacao seed samples; T, tegument; C, cotyledons; SM, whole seed; S, seed without mucilage; EA, embryo axis (see Materials and Methods). The values represent means ± SD of three replicates. Different letters and symbols indicate statistically significant differences according to LSD test (p ≤ 0.05) for phenolic content and TEAC, respectively.
