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Table 3 Sugars and vitamin C contents of examined hawthorn species (fresh weight basis)

From: Organic acids, sugars, vitamin C content and some pomological characteristics of eleven hawthorn species (Crataegus spp.) from Turkey

Species

Glucose (g/100 g)

Fructose (g/100 g)

Saccharose (g/100 g)

Vitamin C (mg/100 g)

C. pontica

7.131 ± 0.102 h*

8.527 ± 0.051 e

1.205 ± 0.045 cd

9.418 ± 0.014 a

C. atrosanguinea.

9.907 ± 0.003 d

16.619 ± 0.076 b

1.305 ± 0.145 bc

2.805 ± 0.126 g

C. meyeri

9.416 ± 0.051 ef

9.591 ± 0.118 e

1.395 ± 0.074 abc

2.780 ± 0.184 g

C. pseudoheterophylla

12.513 ± 0.057 b

16.861 ± 0.100 b

1.269 ± 0.076 c

3.738 ± 0.242 e

C. orientalis var. orientalis

11.821 ± 0.143 c

16.633 ± 0.156 b

1.517 ± 0.050 ab

5.390 ± 0.102 c

C. monogyna subsp.azarella

7.527 ± 0.166 g

11.386 ± 0.119 c

0.999 ± 0.035 de

8.091 ± 0.087 b

C. monogyna subsp. monogyna

13.893 ± 0.021 a

18.378 ± 0.202 a

0.970 ± 0.005 e

4.301 ± 0.121 d

C. curvisepala

9.194 ± 0.073 f

11.536 ± 0.064 c

1.173 ± 0.003 cde

4.182 ± 0.006 d

C. szovitsii

6.672 ± 0.193 i

10.257 ± 0.163 d

0.979 ± 0.025 de

3.260 ± 0.016 f

Crataegus pentagyna

9.536 ± 0.079 e

11.404 ± 0.250 c

1.564 ± 0.105 a

4.439 ± 0.064 d

C. aroni var. aroni

7.074 ± 0.072 h

10.593 ± 0.132 d

0.954 ± 0.008 e

1.555 ± 0.091 h

  1. *There were significant (P < 0.01) differences among the different letters in the same columns.
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