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Table 3 Antioxidant content of anthocyanins, leuco-anthocyanins, total carotenoid content in the seeds of pumpkin fruits of different pumpkin cultivars and horn manure and horn silica treatments—mean values from 2012 to 2014

From: The effect of biodynamic preparations on growth and fruit quality of giant pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima D.)

Cultivation variant

Anthocyanins (µg·100gˉ1 FM)

Leuco-anthocyanins (mg·100gˉ1 FM)

Total carotenoid content (mg·100gˉ1 FM)

Justynka

 Control

0.09a

4.50a

10.20a

 HM

0.06a

4.20a

18.70b

 HS

0.10a

5.70b

23.70b

 HM + HS

0.09a

4.80a

21.50b

Karowita

 Control

0.10a

2.40a

23.90a

 HM

0.06a

4.80c

24.50a

 HS

0.11a

4.90c

32.20b

 HM + HS

0.10a

4.20b

29.60ab

Amazonka

 Control

0.10a

6.50a

32.20a

 HM

0.07a

6.30a

35.00ab

 HS

0.11a

7.10b

40.70b

 HM + HS

0.10a

6.70ab

38.00ab

  1. HM horn manure, HS horn silica, FM fresh mass. Spray treatments: different letters (a, b, c) are significant within each cultivar, p ≤ 0.05