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. 2020 Feb 23;9(2):186. doi: 10.3390/antiox9020186

Table 3.

In vitro antioxidant activities (DPPH, ABTS and FRAP) of 10 cultivars of common beans from 2013 and 2014 harvest years (µmol TE/g dw). Cultivars: Arikara yellow (A1, A2, A3, A4), butter bean (B1, B2, B3), cranberry (C1, C2), red kidney (K1, K2, K3), navy (N1, N2), pinto (P1, P2, P3), black (Bk), brown eyed (BE), pink eyed (PE), and tarrestre (M).

Cultivars DPPH• ABTS• FRAP
2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014
A1 8.93 ± 0.20 d,e,* 10.39 ± 0.61 c,d,e 19.94 ± 0.58 f 14.93 ± 0.70 e,f 18.10 ± 0.54 g,h,* 16.61 ± 0.69 i
A2 11.39 ± 0.80 g,h 9.87 ± 0.23 c,d 16.39 ± 0.35 e,* 15.16 ± 0.90 e,f,g 11.14 ± 0.65 c,d,* 10.15 ± 0.06 c,d
A3 10.01 ± 0.24 e,f,g 7.15 ± 0.17 b 20.36 ± 0.75 f,g 9.10 ± 0.44 b,c 16.48 ± 0.86 f,g 7.50 ± 0.62 b
A4 8.22 ± 0.27 d,* 7.19 ± 0.05 b 13.25 ± 0.56 c,d,* 13.72 ± 0.69 d,e 9.96 ± 0.15 c,d 7.68 ± 0.13 b
B1 10.13 ± 0.49 e,f,g,* 9.16 ± 0.59 c 14.21 ± 0.40 c,d,e 16.96 ± 0.66 f,g 11.64 ± 0.33 d 14.13 ± 0.36 g
B2 10.43 ± 0.36 f,g,* 11.22 ± 0.44 e,f 15.39 ± 1.06 d,e,* 17.69 ± 1.06 g,h 14.73 ± 0.23 e,f,* 14.33 ± 0.34 g,h
B3 8.88 ± 0.50 d,e 11.34 ± 0.21 e,f 13.26 ± 0.70 c,d 21.00 ± 1.14 i 9.96 ± 0.36 c,d 13.84 ± 0.73 g
C1 15.82 ± 0.06 j 14.81 ± 0.70 g 23.87 ± 1.11 h,i 20.98 ± 1.57 i 19.68 ± 0.65 h,i 11.14 ± 0.40 d,e
C2 10.98 ± 0.63 g,h,* 10.95 ± 0.80 d,e,f 20.25 ± 1.11 f,g 14.04 ± 1.11 d,e 5.15 ± 0.48 e,f 12.44 ± 0.63 e,f
K1 14.65 ± 0.18 i,j,* 13.89 ± 0.41 g 22.38 ± 0.18 g,h,* 20.18 ± 1.17 h,i 19.84 ± 0.39 h,i 14.47 ± 0.10 g,h
K2 13.82 ± 0.59 i 11.75 ± 0.60 f 23.12 ± 1.27 h,i 17.51 ± 1.57 g 20.20 ± 0.65 i 13.45 ± 0.71 f,g
K3 18.31 ± 1.05 k,* 17.83 ± 0.45 h 32.58 ± 0.16 j 23.93 ± 0.09 j 26.92 ± 1.08 l 22.24 ± 0.32 j
N1 5.06 ± 0.19 b 3.23 ± 0.06 a 3.39 ± 0.19 a 7.45 ± 0.48 a,b 4.90 ± 0.29 a,* 5.71 ± 0.40 a
N2 2.73 ± 0.08 a,* 2.14 ± 0.07 a 6.30 ± 0.31 b,* 6.28 ± 0.23 a 7.97 ± 0.14 b 5.58 ± 0.18 a
P1 9.24 ± 0.61 d,e,f 7.28 ± 0.06 b 15.58 ± 0.58 d,e 11.77 ± 0.07 d 23.85 ± 1.46 k 11.78 ± 0.35 e
P2 11.83 ± 0.39 h 7.67 ± 0.14 b 15.00 ± 0.71 d,e,* 14.87 ± 0.14 e,f 13.48 ± 0.25 e,* 12.30 ± 0.42 e,f
P3 6.80 ± 0.34 c,* 6.57 ± 0.26 b 13.67 ± 0.86 c,d,* 12.00 ± 0.57 d 9.55 ± 0.35 b,c,* 9.71 ± 0.42 c
Bk 9.37 ± 0.21 d,e,f 10.47 ± 0.38 d,e 20.72 ± 1.63 f,g 13.99 ± 0.50 d,e 20.97 ± 0.33 i,j 13.33 ± 0.33 f,g
BE 4.94 ± 0.03 b 7.49 ± 0.43 b 12.60 ± 0.47 c 7.18 ± 0.20 a,b 10.71 ± 0.40 c,d 6.81 ± 0.47 a,b
PE 5.77 ± 0.46 b,c,* 7.36 ± 0.10 b 6.96 ± 0.12 b 11.53 ± 0.07 c,d 5.96 ± 0.25 a 15.62 ± 0.42 h,i
M 14.56 ± 0.16 i,j 12.09 ± 0.36 f 24.90 ± 0.50 i 15.58 ± 0.94 e,f,g 22.24 ± 0.15 j,k 11.80 ± 0.32 e

The absence of common letters (a–l) indicates significant differences at p < 0.05; Tukey’s multiple range tests were performed for each year separately. * indicates that it does not differ significantly at p < 0.05, between two harvesting years.