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. 2020 Dec 24;10(1):35. doi: 10.3390/foods10010035

Table 5.

The nutritional, mineral, and vitamin composition of the seven observed Annona cherimola fruits. Data are mean values ± SD, and they are expressed per 100 of Pulp Weight (PW). For each row, different letters mark statistical (p < 0.05) differences among the cultivars, as measured by one-way ANOVA analysis followed by Tuckey’s test. The letter “a” denotes the highest content.

Campas Chaffey Daniela Fino de Jete Torre1 Torre2 White
Nutritional Content (g per 100 g of PW)
Water Content 78.4 ± 0.39 ab 78.9 ± 0.68 ab 77.5 ± 0.61 b 79.3 ± 0.93 ab 80.3 ± 0.63 a 80.4 ± 1.26 a 80.3 ± 0.91 a
Ashes 0.70 ± 0.07 a 0.68 ± 0.07 ab 0.63 ± 0.07 ab 0.72 ± 0.02 a 0.53 ± 0.01 b 0.59 ± 0.01 ab 0.69 ± 0.06 ab
Protein Content 1.75 ± 0.10 a 1.75 ± 0.13 a 1.69 ± 0.08 ab 1.69 ± 0.18 ab 1.31 ± 0.11 b 1.56 ± 0.13 ab 1.56 ± 0.12 ab
Fat Content 0.19 ± 0.04 ab 0.23 ± 0.01 a 0.25 ± 0.01 a 0.14 ± 0.01 b 0.29 ± 0.02 ab 0.21 ± 0.01 a 0.25 ± 0.02 a
Sugar Content 13.0 ± 1.31 ab 16.0 ± 0.57 a 14.7 ± 2.09 ab 12.5 ± 0.89 b 13.1 ± 0.53 ab 14.9 ± 1.35 ab 14.2 ± 0.49 ab
Raw Fibber Content 4.32 ± 0.11 a 2.35 ± 0.08 b 4.41 ± 0.49 a 5.35 ± 0.26 a 4.61 ± 0.95 a 2.11 ± 0.07 b 2.93 ± 0.07 b
Energy (KJoule) 254 ± 8.94 c 306 ± 5.62 a 284 ± 3.66 ab 243 ± 3.53 d 254 ± 8.63 c 283 ± 8.01 ab 274 ± 9.01 b
Mineral Content (mg per 100 g of PW)
K 273.3 ± 13.2 ab 169 ± 6.50 c 246 ± 25.0 b 303 ± 34.6 a 182 ± 4.35 c 146 ± 11.3 c 178 ± 3.63 c
Na 20.0 ± 7.02 a 19.3 ± 6.42 a 21.6 ± 9.60 a 19.3 ± 5.03 a 17.3 ± 1.15 a 23.3 ± 10.0 a 18.3 ± 4.72 a
Ca 10.0 ± 1.01 a 9.00 ± 1.02 a 9.01 ± 1.73 a 9.33 ± 1.15 a 9.33 ± 1.15 a 8.01 ± 2.12 a 9.02 ± 1.01 a
Mg 10.0 ± 1.11 a 8.66 ± 0.57 a 9.66 ± 2.51 a 10.3 ± 0.57 a 10.1 ± 2.02 a 8.02 ± 1.03 a 9.33 ± 1.15 a
P 31.6 ± 2.08 a 22.5 ± 9.19 a 28.0 ± 3.02 a 31.0 ± 3.03 a 22.6 ± 2.08 a 18.2 ± 5.29 a 24.3 ± 2.51 a
S 20.6 ± 2.08 a 25.3 ± 4.93 a 19.3 ± 4.72 a 24.3± 2.08 a 19.6 ± 3.51 a 20.3 ± 4.52 a 22.3 ± 2.08 a
Cl 88.0 ± 12.5 a 96.0 ± 9.64 a 80.0 ± 6.55 a 89.6 ± 17.4 a 71.6 ± 1.52 a 87.3 ± 9.29 a 86.6 ± 1.52 a
Cu 0.16 ± 0.09 a 0.09 ± 0.02 a 0.18 ± 0.06 a 0.13 ± 0.02 a 0.19 ± 0.06 a 0.13 ± 0.07 a 0.09 ± 0.05 a
Mn 0.11 ± 0.02 a 0.12 ± 0.01 a 0.10 ± 0.02 a 0.08 ± 0.06 a 0.10 ± 0.03 a 0.09 ± 0.07 a 0.11 ± 0.01 a
Zn 0.51 ± 0.05 a 0.56 ± 0.08 a 0.52 ± 0.06 a 0.38 ± 0.02 a 0.52 ± 0.06 a 0.44 ± 0.09 a 0.39 ± 0.01 a
Fe 0.34 ± 0.01 ab 0.34 ± 0.06 a 0.31 ± 0.01 ab 0.39 ± 0.03 a 0.31 ± 0.01 ab 0.24 ± 0.03 b 0.32 ± 0.04 ab
Vitamin Content (mg per 100 g of PW)
Retinol (A) n.d. 0.14 ± 0.01 a n.d. 0.31 ± 0.02 ab 0.22 ± 0.02 ab 0.22 ± 0.01 b n.d.
Thimine (B1) 0.05 ± 0.01 ab 0.13 ± 0.01 a 0.11 ± 0.01 ab 0.13 ± 0.01 ab 0.08 ± 0.01 ab 0.13 ± 0.02 b 0.06 ± 0.01 b
Rboflvin (B2) 0.08 ± 0.01 a 0.12 ± 0.01 a 0.11 ± 0.01 a 0.13 ± 0.01 a 0.15 ± 0.01 a 0.16 ± 0.01 a 0.11 ± 0.01 a
Ascorbic Acid (C) 43.2 ± 0.85 ab 25.4 ± 0.46 abc 32.2 ± 0.35 abc 42.6 ± 0.94 a 31.9 ± 0.83 bc 50.1 ± 1.98 c 38.2 ± 0.75 c