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. 2022 May 25;27(11):3411. doi: 10.3390/molecules27113411

Table 3.

Composition and content of anthocyanins in barley of different colors (μg/g).

Types Black Variety Yellow Variety Blue Variety Purple Variety
Cyanidin 0.630 ± 0.01 b 0.810 ± 0.002 b 1.647 ± 0.057 a 1.772 ± 0.002 a
Cyanidin-3-glucoside 1.301 ± 0.044 c 1.267 ± 0.013 c 10.659 ± 0.088 b 96.874 ± 0.783 a
Delphinidin 1.148 ± 0.062 b 1.267 ± 0.051 b 3.269 ± 0.062 a 3.273 ± 0.076 a
Delphinidin-3-glucoside 3.013 ± 0.179 a 0.110 ± 0.074 b 3.879 ± 0.098 a ND
Malvidin ND ND ND ND
Malvidin-3-glucoside 0.396 ± 0.004 b ND 0.621 ± 0.039 a 0.297 ± 0.071 b
Pelargonidin ND ND ND ND
Pelargonidin-3-glucoside 0.101 ± 0.021 bc 0.104 ± 0.004 bc 0.635 ± 0.033 b 2.015 ± 0.091 a
Peonidin ND 0.280 ± 0.006 a 0.201 ± 0.022 b 0.236 ± 0.005 ab
Peonidin-3-glucoside ND ND ND ND
Petunidin 0.405 ± 0.064 a 0.497 ± 0.019 a 0.508 ± 0.054 a 0.271 ± 0.008 b
Petunidin-3-glucoside 1.496 ± 0.025 b 0.077 ± 0.004 d 6.004 ± 0.196 a 0.475 ± 0.008 c
Total 8.492 ± 0.83 c 4.413 ± 0.442 d 27.422 ± 0.635 b 105.213 ± 2.514 a

ND, not detected. Lower-case letters in the table indicate significant differences among different colors of barley (p < 0.05).