Table 1 Carotenoid contents of Arabidopsis grown indoors under low light (LL), normal light (NL) and high light (HL) conditions, and in the field

Neoxanthin

1.4 ± 0.3^b

1.0 ± 0.2^a

1.1 ± 0.1^a

1.5 ± 0.1^b

Violaxanthin

1.4 ± 0.2^a

1.6 ± 0.1^b

2.5 ± 0.1^c

8.5 ± 0.2^d

Anthraxanthin

0 ± 0

0 ± 0

0.24 ± 0.1^a

1.4 ± 0.1^b

Zeaxanthin

0 ± 0

0 ± 0

0 ± 0

1.3 ± 0.1^a

VAZ

1.4 ± 0.1^a

1.6 ± 0.1^b

2.74 ± 0.1^c

11.2 ± 0.1^d

DES

0

0

0.043^a

0.18^b

Lutein

13.5 ± 0.9^b

12.4 ± 0.4^a

15.3 ± 0.1^c

28.1 ± 0.2^d

beta-carotene

2.3 ± 0.2^c

2.4 ± 0.1^b

1.4 ± 0.1^a

1.4 ± 0.1^a