Selected bioactive compounds contents in young shoots of red cabbage and the mature vegetable [mg/100 g DW]a.
Vegetative form of plant | Vitamin C | Total carotenoids | Total polyphenols | Total anthocyanins |
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Young shoots | 795.9a ± 51.6 | 123.3a ± 7.1 | 3201.5a ± 208.5 | 336.7a ± 27.7 |
Mature vegetable | 415.1b ± 31.3 | 22.2b ± 4.7 | 3340.5a ± 269.6 | 626.3b ± 7.8 |
DW dry weight; result are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 6); mean values with different letters (a and b) within the each column are statistically different (p ≤ 0.05).