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Table 1 Distribution of carotenoids and total carotenoid and chlorophyll content in flavedo from clementine and 39E7 and 39B3 mutants.

From: Identification of a GCC transcription factor responding to fruit colour change events in citrus through the transcriptomic analyses of two mutants

 

Carotenoids (% of total)

 

November

January

 

Clementine

39E7

39B3

Clementine

39E7

39B3

Carotenes

      

   Phytoene

9.7 ± 2.8

6.5 ± 0.1

1.6 ± 1.8

10.9 ± 0.8

7.8 ± 2.0

4.6 ± 2.1

   Phytofluene

1.9 ± 0.7

1.3 ± 0.1

-

1.8 ± 1.5

1.4 ± 0.5

1.1 ± 0.1

   ζ-Carotene

-

-

-

0.2 ± 0.1

-

-

β,β Carotenoids

      

   β-Carotene

tr.

0.4 ± 0.2

0.9 ± 0.1

0.6 ± 0.3

0.5 ± 0.2

0.2 ± 0.1

   β-Cryptoxanthin

6.1 ± 0.7

10.3 ± 0.7

14.1 ± 1.2

11.1 ± 2.3

15.1 ± 0.5

13.5 ± 2.0

   Zeaxanthin

1.7 ± 0.1

2.1 ± 0.1

2.3 ± 1.3

0.4 ± 0.2

1.1 ± 0.1

0.7 ± 0.1

   Anteraxanthin a

5.6 ± 0.1

8.0 ± 0.5

10.6 ± 0.7

7.7 ± 0.7

8.3 ± 0.6

9.7 ± 0.8

   E-Violaxanthin

8.1 ± 0.3

17.1 ± 0.3

10.1 ± 1.1

15.8 ± 3.4

17.0 ± 1.3

17.6 ± 1.8

   9-Z-Violaxanthin

39.6 ± 3.1

37.7 ± 0.3

57.6 ± 3.7

36.2 ± 4.0

36.3 ± 2.3

36.0 ± 1.8

   Neoxanthin

9.6 ± 0.6

1.2 ± 0.3

13.0 ± 0.6

-

-

-

Apocarotenoids

      

   β-Citraurin

3.8 ± 0.2

-

1.7 ± 0.3

4.6 ± 0.7

-

4.0 ± 0.3

   8-β-Apocarotenal

0.5 ± 0.2

-

 

-

-

-

β,ε Carotenoids

      

   α-Cryptoxanthin

-

-

4.0 ± 0.4

-

-

-

   Lutein

0.7 ± 0.1

1.5 ± 0.1

5.6 ± 2.6

0.6 ± 0.5

1.5 ± 0.6

1.0 ± 0.1

Unidentified

6.4 ± 0.6

5.9 ± 0.2

-

4.2 ± 0.2

3.7 ± 0.7

5.3 ± 1.0

Total carotenoid

(μg·g-1 FW)

54.7 ± 3.1

84.4 ± 2.3

38.7 ± 3.2

102.6 ± 11.1

88.9 ± 14.2

66.1 ± 9.1

Chlorophylls

(μg·g-1 FW)

11.0 ± 6.6

49.0 ± 11.3

47.5 ± 1.6

-

-

-

  1. Values are mean ± SD of at least three measurements; a sum of antheraxanthin and mutatoxanthin; - not detected; tr. traces.