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. 2021 Oct 22;10(11):2258. doi: 10.3390/plants10112258

Table 3.

Secondary metabolites identified from different quinoa varieties.

Variety Observed Compounds/Reports References
Minttumatilda Vanillic acid, gallic acid, p-benzoic acid, syringaldehyde, ferulic acid [99]
Four varieties of white (Q-w1), red (Q-r1 and Q-r2) and
black (Q-b1) and three varieties of white (Q-w2), red (Q-r3) and black (Q-b2)
Gallic acid, caffeic acid, ferulic acid, p-coumaric acid, p-OH benzoic acid, vanillic acid, protocatechuic acid [99]
Q25, Q50, Q100, Q25S, Q50S, Q100S 1-O-galloyl-β-d-glucose, acacetin/questin/apigenin-7-methyl ether, protocatechuic acid 4-O-glucoside, vanillic glucoside, penstebiosided, canthoside A/2-hydroxybenzoate 2-O-β-d-apiofuranosyl-(1→6)-O-β-Dglucopyranoside, ferulic acid 4-O-glucoside, ethyl-m-digallate, (epi) gallocatechin, quercetin 3-O-(2,6-di-α-l-rhamnopyranosyl)-β-d-galactopyranoside, kaempferol 3-O-β-d-apiofuranosyl(1‴→2″-O-[α-l-rhamnopyranosyl(1‴→6″]-β-d-galactopyranoside, kaempferol 3-O-β-d-apiofuranosyl(1‴→2″-O-[α-l-rhamnopyranosyl(1‴→ 6″]-β-d-galactopyranoside isomer, kaempferol 3-O-(2,6-di-α-l-rhamnopyranosyl)-β-d-galactopyranoside (mauritianin), quercetin 3-O-[ β-d-apiofuranosyl(1‴→2″)]-β-d-galactopyranoside, rutin, quercetin glucuronide, quercetin 3-O-glucoside [85]
Red quinoa (RQ), white quinoa (WQ), Mengli 1 (gray quinoa, GQ), Altiplano, djulis cultivar Protocatechuic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, vanillic acid, caffeic acid, syringic acid, p-coumaric acid, ferulic acid, isoferulic acid [100]
White and red quinoa Gentisic acid, L-alpha-hydroxy isovaleric acid, 3-hydroxybenzoic acid, p-coumaric acid, methyl-b-d-galactopyranoside, 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)propionic acid
hesperidin
[100]
Puno, Titicaca Ferulic acid, 5-O-caffeoylquinic acid, gentisic acid, p-coumaric acid, ellagic acid, pterostilbene, coniferyl aldehyde [13]
White quinoa, red quinoa, black quinoa Protocatechuic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, vanillic acid, syringic acid, p-coumaric acid, ferulic acid, sinapic acid, isoferulic acid [6]