Table 2 Vitamins compounds contents in standard apricot cultivars fruits grown in irrigated and dry farming conditions ( μg per 100 g dw)

Betacaroten

Irrigated

1150.85 ± 0.85^b*

1949.25 ± 0.28^a

1176.55 ± 0.21^b

532.60 ± 0.39^c

Dry

1567.80 ± 0.17^c

3274.85 ± 0.20^a

2675.75 ± 0.17^b

1338.90 ± 0.16^d

Retinol

Irrigated

18.15 ± 0.55^b

21.15 ± 0.35^a

13.10 ± 0.70^c

10.95 ± 0.13^d

Dry

28.10 ± 0.50^a

23.95 ± 0.35^b

21.35 ± 0.45^c

21.95 ± 0.45^c

Vitamin E

Irrigated

37.60 ± 0.40^a

38.30 ± 0.35^a

27.70 ± 0.80^b

27.80 ± 0.80^b

Dry

84.25 ± 0.75^a

85.10 ± 0.90^a

61.90 ± 0.16^b

62.40 ± 0.13^b

Lycopen

Irrigated

57.85 ± 0.94^b

71.05 ± 0.45^a

47.80 ± 0.20^c

66.10 ± 0.19^a

Dry

283.60 ± 0.89^a

186.30 ± 0.60^c

246.55 ± 0.48^b

154.95 ± 0.80^d

Vitamin C

Irrigated

20245.95 ± 0.41^a

7341.05 ± 0.13^d

11547.55 ± 0.36^b

8732.55 ± 0.41^c

Dry

60655.85 ± 0.41^a

13549.35 ± 0.28^d

18660.90 ± 0.82^c

26148.20 ± 0.37^b