Chemical and Antioxidant Charaterization of Native Corn Germplasm from Two Regions of Costa Rica: A Conservation Approach
Table 2
Characterization of antioxidant activity of corn accessions from the Chorotega and Brunca regions, obtained using the ORAC method.
Germplasm
μmol TE/g d.w.
Germplasm
μmol TE/g d.w.
CUNA11
66.49 ± 0.51a
BTEC10
16.93 ± 2.69cde
CUNA20
55.41 ± 8.03ab
CUNA31
16.71 ± 2.73def
CUNA05
48.06 ± 1.93b
CUNA32
16.49 ± 1.83def
CUNA01
43.72 ± 1.25b
CUCR03
15.85 ± 0.07def
CUNA44
28.68 ± 2.38c
BTEC11
15.50 ± 0.48def
CUNA35
24.64 ± 0.28cd
BTEC06
15.04 ± 3.19def
CUNA39
23.46 ± 1.65cd
BTEC07
14.66 ± 3.27def
CUNA24
23.18 ± 0.56cd
BTEC14
14.55 ± 2.26def
CUCR05
23.09 ± 0.52cd
CUNA15
13.92 ± 0.41def
CUNA04
22.88 ± 6.42cd
BTEC02
13.72 ± 2.30def
CUNA38
22.42 ± 3.61cde
BTEC05
13.55 ± 2.67def
BTEC09
20.96 ± 6.36cde
BTEC04
13.43 ± 2.43def
CUNA29
19.95 ± 2.10cde
CUNA12
13.18 ± 4.92def
BTEC12
19.04 ± 1.88cde
BTEC03
13.13 ± 2.40def
BTEC13
18.72 ± 2.76cde
CUNA25
12.97 ± 2.32def
CUNA14
18.69 ± 0.38cde
BTEC15
12.90 ± 3.55def
CUNA17
18.53 ± 1.57cde
CUNA08
10.72 ± 0.28ef
BTEC08
17.11 ± 2.99cde
CUNA19
4.81 ± 0.61f
Data are expressed as mean ± SD. BTEC samples come from the Brunca region, while the rest are from the Chorotega region. Different letters indicate significant differences () in Tukey test in the total set of accessions.