Genetic Variation of Flavonols Quercetin, Myricetin, and Kaempferol in the Sri Lankan Tea (Camellia sinensis L.) and Their Health-Promoting Aspects

Table 1

Flavonol content of Sri Lankan tea accessions (all units are in mg g⁻¹; data represent the mean of six replicates ± standard error).

Accessions		Myricetin (mg g^−1)	Quercetin (mg g^−1)	Kaempferol (mg g^−1)	Total flavonols (mg g^−1)
	Estate selections
1	B275	0.54 ± 0.08	0.85 ± 0.06	0.90 ± 0.06	2.29 ± 0.19
2	CH13	0.92 ± 0.10	1.11 ± 0.11	2.19 ± 0.12	4.22 ± 0.69
3	CV4B1	0.56 ± 0.06	0.91 ± 0.08	1.58 ± 0.23	3.05 ± 0.52
4	CY9	1.68 ± 0.17	1.69 ± 0.11	1.70 ± 0.16	5.07 ± 0.01
5	DEL40	0.46 ± 0.02	1.37 ± 0.01	1.48 ± 0.06	3.31 ± 0.56
6	DG39	1.08 ± 0.12	2.09 ± 0.11	1.34 ± 0.18	4.51 ± 0.53
7	DG7	0.69 ± 0.18	0.43 ± 0.04	1.05 ± 0.09	2.17 ± 0.31
8	DK24	0.75 ± 0.01	2.42 ± 0.11	1.33 ± 0.09	4.50 ± 0.85
9	DN	0.85 ± 0.32	1.17 ± 0.30	0.73 ± 0.11	2.75 ± 0.23
10	DT1	1.09 ± 0.04	2.04 ± 0.18	0.60 ± 0.05	3.74 ± 0.73
11	DT95	0.88 ± 0.11	0.92 ± 0.12	2.69 ± 0.09	4.49 ± 1.03
12	DUN7	0.99 ± 0.06	1.90 ± 0.52	1.43 ± 0.08	4.33 ± 0.46
13	H1/58	0.45 ± 0.04	0.71 ± 0.04	1.24 ± 0.15	2.41 ± 0.40
14	HS10A	0.81 ± 0.11	1.07 ± 0.02	1.51 ± 0.29	3.39 ± 0.35
15	K145	1.08 ± 0.07	1.29 ± 0.51	1.48 ± 0.79	3.86 ± 0.20
16	KEN16/3	0.92 ± 0.08	0.78 ± 0.16	1.46 ± 0.15	3.16 ± 0.36
17	KP204	1.22 ± 0.17	2.43 ± 0.07	0.84 ± 0.10	4.50 ± 0.83
18	MO241	0.60 ± 0.03	1.02 ± 0.13	1.47 ± 0.10	3.08 ± 0.44
19	MT18	1.85 ± 0.95	1.76 ± 0.04	1.19 ± 0.04	4.81 ± 0.36
20	N2	1.12 ± 0.12	1.69 ± 0.09	1.06 ± 0.21	3.87 ± 0.35
21	NAY3	1.52 ± 0.05	2.01 ± 0.05	1.22 ± 0.10	4.76 ± 0.40
22	NL8/3	1.35 ± 0.08	1.71 ± 0.07	0.73 ± 0.28	3.79 ± 0.50
23	PK2	1.31 ± 0.18	1.96 ± 0.17	0.98 ± 0.15	4.25 ± 0.49
24	PLLG2	0.74 ± 0.11	1.06 ± 0.12	1.92 ± 0.03	3.72 ± 0.61
25	PO26	0.50 ± 0.07	0.63 ± 0.02	1.36 ± 0.10	2.48 ± 0.46
26	QT4/4	1.10 ± 0.03	1.14 ± 0.03	1.46 ± 0.02	3.69 ± 0.20
27	S106	0.91 ± 0.01	0.73 ± 0.03	1.60 ± 0.02	3.24 ± 0.46
28	TC10	0.86 ± 0.07	1.75 ± 0.09	1.73 ± 0.08	4.34 ± 0.51
29	TC9	1.48 ± 0.14	1.68 ± 0.18	1.87 ± 0.02	5.03 ± 0.19
30	TRI1114	0.64 ± 0.06	0.36 ± 0.10	0.45 ± 0.03	1.45 ± 0.14
31	TRI1294	0.93 ± 0.07	1.40 ± 0.25	2.10 ± 0.44	4.43 ± 0.59
32	TRI2142	0.78 ± 0.04	1.67 ± 0.22	1.34 ± 0.23	3.79 ± 0.45
33	TRI26	1.06 ± 0.06	1.53 ± 0.15	2.14 ± 0.29	4.73 ± 0.54
34	TRI3011	0.67 ± 0.13	1.25 ± 0.07	0.69 ± 0.13	2.60 ± 0.33
35	W3	0.79 ± 0.10	0.98 ± 0.22	1.46 ± 0.21	3.23 ± 0.35
36	WT26	0.70 ± 0.18	0.85 ± 0.02	1.26 ± 0.12	2.81 ± 0.29
37	TRI2016	0.61 ± 0.08	0.55 ± 0.07	0.67 ± 0.09	1.84 ± 0.06
	Introductions from Assam
38	ASM4/10	0.76 ± 0.06	1.08 ± 0.13	1.01 ± 0.06	2.85 ± 0.17
39	TRI2022	1.81 ± 0.10	2.12 ± 0.53	0.63 ± 0.10	4.56 ± 0.79
40	TRI2023	1.35 ± 0.05	1.59 ± 0.26	0.79 ± 0.09	3.74 ± 0.41
41	TRI2024	0.68 ± 0.08	0.63 ± 0.05	1.09 ± 0.20	2.40 ± 0.25
42	TRI2025	0.40 ± 0.04	0.59 ± 0.15	0.99 ± 0.06	1.99 ± 0.30
43	TRI2026	0.79 ± 0.17	0.94 ± 0.07	0.87 ± 0.11	2.60 ± 0.08
44	TRI3047	0.59 ± 0.02	1.30 ± 0.59	0.83 ± 0.14	2.73 ± 0.36
45	TRI3055	1.05 ± 0.06	2.42 ± 0.15	1.07 ± 0.06	4.54 ± 0.79
46	TRI62/5	0.67 ± 0.06	1.03 ± 0.01	0.87 ± 0.16	2.57 ± 0.18
47	TRI62/9	0.44 ± 0.04	0.40 ± 0.05	0.18 ± 0.03	1.02 ± 0.14
	Introductions from Indo-China
48	TRI777	0.65 ± 0.05	1.75 ± 0.13	1.34 ± 0.23	3.74 ± 0.56
49	TRI2043	0.83 ± 0.05	1.50 ± 0.64	0.89 ± 0.02	3.21 ± 0.38
	Unknown introductions
50	INTRI6	0.33 ± 0.04	0.41 ± 0.07	1.14 ± 0.13	1.87 ± 0.45
51	VHMOR	0.91 ± 0.15	1.52 ± 0.07	1.64 ± 0.21	4.07 ± 0.39
	Half-sib family
52	TRI3013	0.48 ± 0.04	0.75 ± 0.11	0.81 ± 0.12	2.05 ± 0.18
53	TRI3014	0.82 ± 0.04	2.22 ± 0.03	1.84 ± 0.04	4.88 ± 0.72
54	TRI3015	1.16 ± 0.08	1.64 ± 0.05	1.39 ± 0.03	4.19 ± 0.24
55	TRI3041	1.28 ± 0.06	2.33 ± 0.36	2.16 ± 0.53	5.76 ± 0.56
56	TRI3050	1.34 ± 0.10	1.84 ± 0.12	1.44 ± 0.02	4.61 ± 0.26
57	TRI3072	0.88 ± 0.09	1.51 ± 0.25	1.30 ± 0.07	3.69 ± 0.32
58	TRI3073	0.79 ± 0.08	1.51 ± 0.21	1.92 ± 0.38	4.22 ± 0.57
59	TRI3045	0.92 ± 0.18	0.84 ± 0.12	1.08 ± 0.19	2.84 ± 0.13
	Full-sib family
60	TRI3016	0.59 ± 0.06	2.15 ± 0.18	1.67 ± 0.25	4.41 ± 0.80
61	TRI3017	0.96 ± 0.06	2.04 ± 0.14	2.47 ± 0.33	5.47 ± 0.78
62	TRI3018	0.81 ± 0.09	1.71 ± 0.02	1.16 ± 0.10	3.68 ± 0.45
63	TRI3019	1.09 ± 0.10	1.92 ± 0.28	1.13 ± 0.07	4.15 ± 0.47
64	TRI3026	0.63 ± 0.02	0.81 ± 0.06	0.83 ± 0.07	2.27 ± 0.11
65	TRI3036	0.40 ± 0.05	0.89 ± 0.21	1.20 ± 0.16	2.48 ± 0.40
66	TRI4004	0.93 ± 0.10	2.00 ± 0.04	2.26 ± 0.03	5.18 ± 0.71
67	TRI4049	0.84 ± 0.07	1.23 ± 0.27	1.39 ± 0.13	3.45 ± 0.28
68	TRI4052	0.78 ± 0.12	1.14 ± 0.06	1.47 ± 0.20	3.39 ± 0.35
69	TRI4053	0.45 ± 0.03	0.94 ± 0.11	0.93 ± 0.10	2.32 ± 0.28
70	TRI4061	1.70 ± 0.05	2.27 ± 0.31	2.24 ± 0.12	6.21 ± 0.32
71	TRI4063	0.63 ± 0.04	1.42 ± 0.04	1.27 ± 0.22	3.32 ± 0.42
72	TRI4067	0.98 ± 0.19	1.02 ± 0.22	1.26 ± 0.07	3.26 ± 0.15
73	TRI4068	0.78 ± 0.05	0.64 ± 0.18	1.13 ± 0.10	2.55 ± 0.26
74	TRI4071	0.76 ± 0.12	1.10 ± 0.17	1.30 ± 0.13	3.16 ± 0.28
75	TRI4076	1.62 ± 0.07	1.91 ± 0.12	0.74 ± 0.08	4.27 ± 0.61
76	TRI4078	1.00 ± 0.08	1.33 ± 0.16	1.55 ± 0.04	3.88 ± 0.28
77	TRI4079	0.91 ± 0.07	1.37 ± 0.08	1.16 ± 0.06	3.44 ± 0.23
78	TRI4085	1.27 ± 0.09	1.15 ± 0.24	0.90 ± 0.06	3.31 ± 0.19
79	TRI3022	1.48 ± 0.05	1.95 ± 0.06	2.19 ± 0.11	5.63 ± 0.36
	Exotics types
80	China	0.85 ± 0.10	2.98 ± 0.21	1.02 ± 0.12	4.85 ± 1.19
81	PBGT61	1.34 ± 0.02	1.70 ± 0.03	2.21 ± 0.17	5.24 ± 0.44
82	PBGT68	1.42 ± 0.08	2.39 ± 0.07	1.63 ± 0.06	5.44 ± 0.51
83	PBGT48	1.31 ± 0.13	2.34 ± 0.10	1.41 ± 0.05	5.06 ± 0.57
84	PBGT49	1.46 ± 0.14	2.41 ± 0.08	1.23 ± 0.04	5.10 ± 0.63
85	PBGT12	1.15 ± 0.83	2.61 ± 0.28	1.05 ± 0.15	4.81 ± 0.88
86	PBGT41	1.40 ± 0.56	3.23 ± 0.39	1.03 ± 0.08	5.66 ± 1.17
87	PBGT70	1.39 ± 0.15	2.85 ± 0.15	1.21 ± 0.03	5.45 ± 0.90
88	PBGT73	0.96 ± 0.07	3.05 ± 0.04	1.02 ± 0.09	5.03 ± 1.19
89	Yabukita	1.11 ± 0.17	2.12 ± 0.03	1.94 ± 0.09	5.17 ± 0.54
	Mean ()	0.94	1.50	1.31	3.75
	Nonbeverage types
90	C. sasanqua	0.37 ± 0.05	1.59 ± 0.17	0.52 ± 0.03	2.48 ± 0.67
91	C. japonica donkelarri	ND	1.13 ± 0.02	2.08 ± 0.06	3.21 ± 1.04
92	C. japonica herculea	ND	1.96 ± 0.18	0.95 ± 0.09	2.91 ± 0.98
93	C. japonica Red	ND	1.36 ± 0.07	2.02 ± 0.05	3.38 ± 1.03
94	C. japonica White	ND	1.70 ± 0.07	1.60 ± 0.06	3.31 ± 0.96
95	C. rosaflora	0.20 ± 0.00	3.44 ± 0.03	1.03 ± 0.08	4.67 ± 1.77
	Mean ()	0.28	1.86	1.37	3.33

ND: not detected.