μg carotenoid pigment/g fresh weight of tissue | β,ε/β,β | |||||||
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Lutein | β-carotene | Zeaxanthin | Neoxanthin | Violaxanthin | Antheraxanthin | Total | ||
Embryo 3 | 3.75 ± 0.15a | 0.36 ± 0.05a | 0.28 ± 0.04a | 0.42 ± 0.04a | 3.06 ± 0.14a | 2.05 ± 0.17a | 9.93 ± 0.2a | 0.61 ± 0.04a |
Embryo 4 | 3.52 ± 0.12a | 0.39 ± 0.06a | 0.23 ± 0.05a | 0.38 ± 0.08a | 2.87 ± 0.22ab | 1.85 ± 0.08a | 9.24 ± 0.56a | 0.62 ± 0.04a |
Embryo 5 | 2.46 ± 0.33b | 0.39 ± 0.02a | ND | 0.34 ± 0.02a | 2.55 ± 0.27b | 1.83 ± 0.02a | 7.33 ± 0.97b | 0.51 ± 0.03b |
Endosperm 3 | 4.65 ± 0.38c | ND | ND | ND | 1.51 ± 0.08c | ND | 6.16 ± 0.4c | 3.09 ± 0.29c |
Endosperm 4 | 4.99 ± 0.64c | ND | ND | ND | 1.28 ± 0.24c | ND | 6.27 ± 0.88bc | 3.92 ± 0.21c |
Endosperm 5 | 3.75 ± 0.3a | ND | ND | ND | 0.48 ± 0.07d | ND | 4.23 ± 0.25d | 8.02 ± 1.57d |
Pericarp 3 | 18.92 ± 2.62d | 8.98 ± 1.44b | ND | 3.72 ± 0.64b | 7.65 ± 1.02e | ND | 39.27 ± 5.69e | 0.93 ± 0.01e |
Pericarp 4 | 15.55 ± 1.43de | 7.78 ± 0.5b | ND | 2.94 ± 0.3b | 6.24 ± 0.66ef | ND | 32.5 ± 2.43e | 0.92 ± 0.04e |
Pericarp 5 | 12.09 ± 1.73e | 5.01 ± 0.42c | ND | 2.02 ± 0.15c | 4.81 ± 0.63f | ND | 23.93 ± 2.93f | 1.02 ± 0.04f |