Table 3 Oat and wheat phytochemical distribution across cultivars.

From: Validation of low-cost reflectometer to identify phytochemical accumulation in food crops

Phytochemical

Oats

Antioxidant activity 100 g FW−1

Polyphenols (mg GAE 100 g FW−1)

Protein (mg dry weight g−1)

Casino

3214 (± 202)b

128 (± 6.00)a

9.10 (± 0.52)b

Navaro

3076 (± 314)b

121 (± 7.30)a

8.30 (± 0.73)b

Ruffian

1587 (± 154)c

92.0 (± 6.60)b

12.4 (± 0.52)a

Sumo

4323 (± 216)a

135 (± 6.20)a

10.4 (± 0.47)ab

All varieties

3278 (± 170)

125 (± 4.20)

10.1 (± 0.30)

Wheat

 Expedition

2506 (± 131)b

106 (± 5.40)b

9.10 (± 0.53)a

 Glee

5260 (± 130)a

130 (± 3.30)a

8.4 (± 0.71)ab

 Redfield

2626 (± 162)b

107 (± 3.60)b

7.60 (± 0.51)b

 Selway

5677 (± 299)a

134 (± 1.10)a

7.80 (± 0.40)b

 All varieties

3591 (± 144)

101 (± 3.00)

9.00 (± 0.24)

 KanQueen+

NR

143 (± 10.6)

NR

 Cham1+

NR

180 (± 6.20)

NR

 Stoa+

NR

186 (± 3.30)

NR

  1. Values in the antioxidant activity and polyphenol columns with the same superscript letters are not significantly different (p < 0.05).
  2. +Okarter et al.77 polyphenol quantification reported as µmol GAE g DW−1 converted to mg GAE g- DW−1 for comparison.
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