. 2021 May 4;59(3):1152–1161. doi: 10.1007/s13197-021-05119-z

Table 1.

Content of flavan 3-ols and methylxanthines in cocoa powders in t1 and t2

	Flavan 3-ols				Methylxanthines
Time	t1*		t2*		t1*		t2*
Pretreatment	(−) –epicatechin (mg/g)	( +)-catechin (mg/g)	(−)-epicatechin (mg/g)	( +)-catechin (mg/g)	Theobromine (mg/g)	Caffeine(mg/g)	Theobromine (mg/g)	Caffeine(mg/g)
A	24.965 ± 0.400^a	1.238 ± 0.025^ac	22.832 ± 4.678^a	0.674 ± 0.236^ac	27.279 ± 0.436^abc	3.586 ± 0.067^abc	22.712 ± 5.625^abc	3.1361 ± 0.816^abc
B	24.456 ± 0.489^ab	1.289 ± 0.031^ab	21.715 ± 4.701^ab	0.933 ± 0.183^ab	25.023 ± 0.471^abc	3.493 ± 0.104^abc	23.097 ± 6.048^abc	3.1778 ± 0.769^abc
C	17.403 ± 0.904^c	0.953 ± 0.048^c	18.681 ± 2.575^c	0.649 ± 0.052^c	27.658 ± 1.714^abc	3.859 ± 0.199^abc	23.168 ± 4.886^abc	3.6388 ± 0.588^abc

The values correspond to the mean and the standard deviation of the three analyses. Mean values with different letters in the same column show statistically significant differences (p < 0.05). *t1 and t2 correspond to cocoa harvesting time