Table 2.
Carotenoids composition (μg/g fresh (fw) and dry weight (dw) ± SD) in Cyclamen genotypes leaves.
| Species | Sample ID | Neoxantin μg/g | Violaxantin μg/g | Lutein μg/g | β-Carotene μg/g | Cis- β-Carotene μg/g | Total Carotenoids μg/g | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fw | dw | fw | dw | fw | dw | fw | dw | fw | dw | fw | dw | ||
| C. persicum accessions | LC1 | 6.66 ± 0.92 e | 9.66 ± 1.2 d | 6.23 ± 0.23 e | 9.66 ± 0.4 e | 48.07 ± 7.18 c | 69.78 ± 0.67 f | 17.57 ± 1.2 e | 25.50 ± 3.4 e | 3.84 ± 0.37 d | 5.57 ± 0.4 d | 82.4 | 119.58 |
| LC2 | 6.58 ± 0.34 ef | 10.41 ± 0.76 d | 6.09 ± 0.88 e | 9.63 ± 0.98 e | 56.59 ± 4.12 c | 89.57 ± 0.43 e | 23.08 ± 1.04 d | 36.53 ± 2.3 d | 4.73 ± 0.31 c | 7.48 ± 1.2 c | 97.09 | 153.65 | |
| LC2.1 | 6.05 ± 0.31 f | 8.29 ± 3.4 de | 9.05 ± 0.45 c | 12.41 ± 0.56 d | 81.09 ± 9.43 ab | 111.21 ± 0.31 c | 25.78 ± 0.88 c | 35.35 ± 5.6 d | 5.20 ± 0.61 bc | 7.13 ± 1.6 c | 127.2 | 174.41 | |
| LC3 | 5.17 ± 0.23 d | 7.27 ± 2.7 e | 3.93 ± 0.19 f | 5.53 ± 0.23 f | 31.91 ± 1.6 e | 44.92 ± 0.45 h | 12.67 ± 5.12 f | 17.83 ± 4.6 f | 2.87 ± 0.12 e | 4.04 ± 0.7 e | 56.58 | 79.62 | |
| LC4 | 11.00 ± 0.89 b | 14.64 ± 5.1 c | 14.49 ± 0.23 a | 19.29 ± 1.1 b | 36.92 ± 1.5 d | 49.15 ± 0.43 g | 97.09 ± 0.23 a | 129.26 ± 12.6 a | 7.47 ± 0.09 a | 9.94 ± 2.2 a | 167.0 | 222.29 | |
| LC7 | 6.78 ± 0.99 c | 10.13 ± 3.2 d | 10.24 ± 1.03 bc | 15.28 ± 2.3 c | 85.32 ± 3.78 ab | 127.38 ± 3.89 b | 30.43 ± 5.02 b | 45.43 ± 4.6 c | 6.06 ± 0.93 b | 9.04 ± 0.65 b | 138.83 | 195.84 | |
| LC9 | 12.19 ± 0.72 b | 19.34 ± 1.8 b | 12.61 ± 1.45 b | 20.01 ± 2.87 b | 90.68 ± 9.05 a | 143.91 ± 0.78 a | 23.43 ± 0.32 d | 37.18 ± 6.7 d | 4.97 ± 0.17 bc | 7.88 ± 0.61 c | 143.9 | 207.28 | |
| LC15 | 11.21 ± 1.26 b | 15.28 ± 0.8 c | 11.20 ± 1.14 b | 15.27 ± 2.3 c | 70.51 ± 9.04 b | 96.16 ± 1.2 d | 13.09 ± 0.97 f | 17.85 ± 3.12 f | 2.61 ± 0.21 f | 3.55 ± 1.1 e | 108.65 | 228.34 | |
| C. mirabile | LC6 | 21.49 ± 3.14 a | 31.13 ± 2.2 a | 15.52 ± 1.29 a | 22.48 ± 0.87 a | 74.97 ± 6.59 ab | 108.62 ± 1.89 c | 19.40 ± 4.14 e | 28.10 ± 3.7 e | 3.79 ± 0.72 d | 5.49 ± 1.5 d | 135.2 | 148.14 |
| C. hederifolium | LC18 | 7.30 ± 0.85 c | 11.28 ± 1.9 d | 7.74 ± 0.61 d | 11.96 ± 0.35 d | 87.42 ± 9.23 a | 135.10 ± 2.3 b | 35.85 ± 5.45 b | 55.40 ± 2.8 b | 6.77 ± 0.84 b | 10.46 ± 0.88 a | 145.1 | 224.21 |
Values are represented as mean ± standard deviation. Within the same column, different letters indicate significant differences (p < 0.05); LC—Cyclamen leaves.