Table 4 Biochemical traits of nine Iranian endemic fenugreek

From: Assessment of the phenotypic and physicochemical traits of nine Iranian endemic fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.)

Origin

Chlorophyll a (mg/gfw)

Chlorophyll b (mg/gfw)

Total chlorophyll a (mg/gfw)

Antioxidant activity (%)

Sugar content (mg/gfw)

“Mashhad”

1.53 a

0.253 a

1.78 a

47.57 b

0.32 a

“Tehran”

1.74 a

0.289 a

2.03 a

48.58 b

0.17 c

“Yazd”

1.95 a

0.311 a

2.27 a

43.27 c

0.31 ab

“Shiraz”

1.58 a

0.401 a

1.99 a

47.83b

0.15 c

“Birjand”

1.51 a

0.178 a

1.69 a

55.64 a

0.16 c

“Isfahan”

1.98 a

0.38 a

2.36 a

50.23 b

0.24 abc

“Kerman”

1.94 a

0.405 a

2.35 a

42.86 c

0.16 c

“Kalat”

1.52 a

0.285 a

1.81 a

48.19 b

0.19 bc

“Neyshabur”

1.74 a

0.39 a

2.13 a

48.98 b

0.19 bc

CV%

5.78

13.22

6.14

4.94

32.02

LSD (0.05)

0.9

0.3

1.09

4.15

0.12

SEM

0.1

0.03

0.12

0.46

0.01

  1. The values with the same letters are not significant according to the least significant difference test at the 5% level.