Comparison of antioxidant, β-carotene, and phenolic levels between roots and leaves across three popular sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) varieties

Table 2 Total antioxidant activity, total phenolic content, and total β-carotene quantity of the three varieties of sweet potato roots

Variety	Antioxidant activity (µg/g dry weight basis)		Phenolic contents (µg/g dry weight basis)		β-carotene quantity (µg/g dry weight basis)
Variety	Roots	Leaves	Roots	Leaves	Roots	Leaves
Beauregard	1192 ± 206^a	1920 ± 146^a	66,231 ± 3385^b	110,721 ± 9323^a	1230 ± 144^a	246 ± 74^a
Centennial	1373 ± 146^a	2666 ± 136^b	51,832 ± 2886^a	100,586 ± 10288^a	1203 ± 111^a	218 ± 68^a
Georgia Jet	1053 ± 179^a	2421 ± 209^b	47,001 ± 2311^a	98,153 ± 10705^a	1320 ± 112^a	305 ± 110^a

Here, mean (n = 3) ± SD followed by different lowercase indicates a significant difference (p < 0.05) among cultivars as measured by the Tukey test

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