. 2019 Dec 19;8(1):694–702. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.1358

Table 4.

Amounts of three major sapogenins¹ and total saponin² in various parts of the quinoa plant

	1S	3S	QS	QB	QP	QT	QL	QR
OA	^AB0.007 ± 0.000^d	^AB0.006 ± 0.001^d	^B0.301 ± 0.013^c	^B7.449 ± 0.189^a	^B0.475 ± 0.025^b	^A0.025 ± 0.004^d	^A<0.001^d	^A0.003 ± 0.000^d
HD	^B0.005 ± 0.000^c	^A0.001 ± 0.000^c	^B0.300 ± 0.041^b	^B7.501 ± 0.311^a	^B0.516 ± 0.044^b	^B0.008 ± 0.002^c	^B<0.001^c	^B0.001 ± 0.000^c
PA	^A0.009 ± 0.002^c	^B0.005 ± 0.001^c	^A1.650 ± 0.254^bc	^A27.455 ± 2.019^a	^A2.410 ± 0.116^b	^A0.040 ± 0.011^c	^A<0.001^c	^A0.003 ± 0.001^c
TS	1.21 ± 0.08^de	1.29 ± 0.06^de	1.26 ± 0.03^de	8.34 ± 0.38^b	1.60 ± 0.02^d	3.67 ± 0.30^c	0.97 ± 0.02^e	13.39 ± 0.22^a

Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.

Abbreviations: 1S, 1‐m sprout; 3S, 3‐m sprout; HD, hederagenin; OA, oleanolic acid; PA, phytolaccagenic acid; QB, quinoa bran; QL, quinoa leaves; QP, quinoa pericarp; QR, quinoa root; QS, quinoa seeds; QT, quinoa steam; TS, total saponin.

^a‐eMeans values with different letters in the same row are significantly different by Duncan's multiple range test at p < .05.

^A‐BMeans values with different letters in the same column are significantly different by Duncan's multiple range test at p < .05.

^¹

Unit: mg/g.

^²

Unit: g 100 g⁻¹.