Total Vitamin C, Ascorbic Acid, Dehydroascorbic Acid, Antioxidant Properties, and Iron Content of Underutilized and Commonly Consumed Fruits in Sri Lanka
Table 3
Total phenolic content (TPC), total flavonoid content (TFC), of common and underutilized fruits in Sri Lanka.
Fruits
TPC (mg GAE/100 g FW)
TFC (mg QE/100 g FW)
Classification by TPC’s
Common fruits
C. Lantanus
a
a
Low (<100 mg GAE/100 g FW)
M. paradisiaca AAB, “Silk”
b
ND
G. mangostana
bc
fg
N. lappaceum
cd
hij
A. comosus
d
fg
C. aurantifolia
efg
de
C. papaya
hi
gh
C. sinensis
jk
ef
P. americana
lm
hij
M. paradisiaca AAB “Mysore”
no
klm
P. edulis
no
pqr
L. acidissima
o
b
Medium (100–500 mg GAE/100 g FW)
M. indica
o
rs
P. guajava (pink flesh)
p
opq
P. guajava (white flesh)
s
tu
Underutilized fruits
S. koetjape
d
fg
Low (<100 mg GAE/100 g FW)
S. dulcis
e
ijk
B. motleyana
e
gh
A. carambola
ef
nop
A. bilimbi
fgh
klm
S. jambos
gh
cd
C. aurantium
hi
c
A. occidentale (yellow)
ij
qrs
A. heterophyllus (Waraka)
kl
mno
A. muricata
mn
klm
F. inermis
p
lmn
Medium (100 – 500 mg GAE/100 g FW)
P. campechiana
q
u
P. granatum
qr
rs
A. occidentale (red)
r
u
S. caseolaris
rs
c
C. carandas
t
de
E. serratus
t
c
A. heterophyllus (Wela)
t
ef
C. cauliflora
u
jkl
D. ovoideum
v
ghi
High (>500 mg GAE/100 g FW)
A. marmelos
w
qrs
P. emblica
x
st
Means with different superscript letters in individual columns are significantly () different from each other. Data are expressed as (). TPC: total phenolic content; TFC: total flavonoid content; FW: fresh weight; GAE: gallic acid equivalents; QE: Quercetin equivalents; FW: fresh weight; ND: not detected.
