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 ± 0.51^a	BTEC10	16.93 ± 2.69^cde
CUNA20	55.41 ± 8.03^ab	CUNA31	16.71 ± 2.73^def
CUNA05	48.06 ± 1.93^b	CUNA32	16.49 ± 1.83^def
CUNA01	43.72 ± 1.25^b	CUCR03	15.85 ± 0.07^def
CUNA44	28.68 ± 2.38^c	BTEC11	15.50 ± 0.48^def
CUNA35	24.64 ± 0.28^cd	BTEC06	15.04 ± 3.19^def
CUNA39	23.46 ± 1.65^cd	BTEC07	14.66 ± 3.27^def
CUNA24	23.18 ± 0.56^cd	BTEC14	14.55 ± 2.26^def
CUCR05	23.09 ± 0.52^cd	CUNA15	13.92 ± 0.41^def
CUNA04	22.88 ± 6.42^cd	BTEC02	13.72 ± 2.30^def
CUNA38	22.42 ± 3.61^cde	BTEC05	13.55 ± 2.67^def
BTEC09	20.96 ± 6.36^cde	BTEC04	13.43 ± 2.43^def
CUNA29	19.95 ± 2.10^cde	CUNA12	13.18 ± 4.92^def
BTEC12	19.04 ± 1.88^cde	BTEC03	13.13 ± 2.40^def
BTEC13	18.72 ± 2.76^cde	CUNA25	12.97 ± 2.32^def
CUNA14	18.69 ± 0.38^cde	BTEC15	12.90 ± 3.55^def
CUNA17	18.53 ± 1.57^cde	CUNA08	10.72 ± 0.28^ef
BTEC08	17.11 ± 2.99^cde	CUNA19	4.81 ± 0.61^f

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.