Table 3.
Mean performance for antioxidant leaf pigments in 17 stem amaranth genotypes.
| Genotypes | chlorophyll a (mg 100 g−1 FW) | Chlorophyll b (mg 100 g−1 FW) | Chlorophyll ab (mg 100 g−1 FW) | Betacyanin (µg 100 g−1 FW) | Betaxanthin (µg 100 g−1 FW) | Betalain (µg 100 g−1 FW) | Total carotenoids (µg g−1 FW) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DS25 | 24.19 ± 0.04j | 10.45 ± 0.08j | 34.66 ± 0.15h | 26.23 ± 0.11k | 27.68 ± 0.15k | 53.92 ± 0.42k | 562.78 ± 1.15n |
| DS26 | 50.86 ± 0.08a | 23.49 ± 0.08c | 74.37 ± 0.13a | 48.67 ± 0.14b | 49.59 ± 0.16b | 98.28 ± 0.15b | 761.41 ± 0.43l |
| DS27 | 25.59 ± 0.08h | 8.45 ± 0.08k | 34.06 ± 0.16i | 25.17 ± 0.15l | 24.89 ± 0.24l | 50.07 ± 0.18l | 1451.89 ± 1.25f |
| DS28 | 17.89 ± 0.09o | 7.61 ± 0.08l | 25.52 ± 0.13m | 30.44 ± 0.18i | 31.42 ± 0.21i | 61.87 ± 0.28i | 1560.27 ± 1.29d |
| DS29 | 12.25 ± 0.04q | 6.59 ± 0.04m | 18.86 ± 0.12o | 23.66 ± 0.14o | 24.24 ± 0.17m | 47.91 ± 0.42n | 1175.19 ± 1.42j |
| DS30 | 42.97 ± 0.09c | 23.98 ± 0.05b | 66.98 ± 0.11c | 53.36 ± 0.18a | 55.24 ± 0.15a | 108.60 ± 0.26a | 469.29 ± 1.58o |
| DS31 | 25.27 ± 0.07i | 5.67 ± 0.08n | 30.98 ±0.14k | 34.65 ± 0.34e | 37.27 ± 0.16d | 71.93 ± 0.51e | 1587.20 ± 1.29b |
| DS32 | 13.35 ± 0.06p | 6.62 ± 0.07m | 19.99 ± 0.21n | 15.42 ± 0.16q | 17.27 ± 0.19o | 32.70 ± 0.62p | 1567.93 ± 1.25c |
| DS33 | 34.61 ± 0.02e | 18.64 ± 0.05f | 53.27 ± 0.13d | 33.50 ± 0.34g | 32.57 ± 0.17h | 66.09 ± 0.26h | 1458.13 ± 1.82e |
| DS34 | 43.57 ± 0.07b | 27.38 ± 0.03a | 70.97 ± 0.12b | 34.19 ± 0.19f | 34.82 ± 0.24f | 69.02 ± 0.31f | 755.01 ± 1.52m |
| DS35 | 20.87 ± 0.08n | 5.87 ± 0.06n | 26.77 ± 0.13l | 17.59 ± 0.28p | 17.60 ± 0.28n | 35.20 ± 0.28o | 1675.38 ± 1.29a |
| DS36 | 29.60 ± 0.05f | 17.23 ± 0.07g | 46.87 ± 0.14f | 33.25 ± 0.24h | 33.55 ± 0.24g | 66.81 ± 0.42g | 1342.62 ± 1.65h |
| DS37 | 36.28 ± 0.06d | 12.50 ± 0.05i | 48.80 ± 0.18e | 35.52 ± 0.21d | 36.76 ± 0.16e | 72.29 ± 0.24d | 1354.02 ± 1.62g |
| DS38 | 22.14 ± 0.09l | 21.40 ± 0.04e | 43.55 ± 0.19g | 24.67 ± 0.42m | 24.85 ± 0.22l | 49.53 ± 0.24l | 1672.97 ± 1.22a |
| DS39 | 29.08 ± 0.06g | 14.38 ± 0.08h | 43.16 ± 0.14g | 30.16 ± 0.28j | 30.67 ± 0.28j | 60.51 ± 0.35j | 1194.80 ± 1.05i |
| DS40 | 20.89 ± 0.08m | 22.52 ± 0.05d | 43.43 ± 0.18g | 38.25 ± 0.42c | 37.49 ± 0.18c | 75.76 ± 0.35c | 892.04 ± 1.25k |
| DS41 | 22.56 ± 0.04k | 10.27 ± 0.06j | 32.85 ± 0.17j | 24.35 ± 0.16n | 24.86 ± 0.19l | 49.22 ± 0.74m | 1672.89 ± 1.26a |
| Mean | 27.76 | 14.30 | 42.06 | 31.12 | 31.81 | 62.92 | 1244.34 |
| CV% | 3.3542 | 1.1285 | 2.6532 | 2.6358 | 1.3284 | 3.4587 | 4.3265 |
CV, Coefficient of variation; n = 6; **Significant at 1% level, Different letters in each columns are differed significantly by Tukey’s HSD test.