Impact of Excessive Nitrogen Fertilization on the Biochemical Quality, Phenolic Compounds, and Antioxidant Power of Sesamum indicum L Seeds

Table 1

Effect of different levels of N on total phenolic and total flavonoids content of hydromethanolic extracts of sesame seeds.

	Total phenolic content (µg GAE/g DW)	Total flavonoids content (µg QE/g DW)
N0	278.58 ± 0.07^a	124.74 ± 2.78^a
N1	275.43 ± 0.03^a	115.78 ± 0.34^a
N2	267.12 ± 0.12^a	121.98 ± 1.05^a
N3	246 ± 0.56^b	114.04 ± 0.09^a
N4	225.81 ± 0.1^c	98.35 ± 0.076^b

Data labeled with different letters are significantly different at ; GAE : gallic acid equivalent; QE : quercetin equivalent; DW : dry weight.