Table 3

	Total Phenolics (mg GAE/100g)		Total Flavonoids (mg RE/100g)		Catechin (mg /100g)		Epicatechin (mg /100g)		L		A		B
	Mean	s.d.	Mean	s.d.	Mean	s.d.	Mean	s.d.	Mean	s.d.	Mean	s.d.	Mean	s.d.
All varieties	3411.81	717.41	13327.38	4621.85	5.71	2.41	0.72	0.35	48.10	1.04	11.80	1.04	18.53	1.20
Khalas	2459.75^b	0.22	6213.33^a	247.40	0.76^a	0.02	1.16ⁱ	0.11	47.23^c	0.09	8.43^a	0.19	15.13^a	0.19
Barhe	1864.82^a	12.63	7510.67^b	246.13	2.15^b	0.04	0.39^bc	0.02	48.52^tg	0.07	10.13^b	0.14	16.70^b	0.15
Lulu	2923.11^e	1.27	9065.33^c	410.66	3.96^d	0.06	0.56^de	0.01	48.47^tg	0.11	11.25^c	0.18	16.80^b	0.12
Shikat alkahlas	3129.16^h	0.61	10997.33^d	286.62	2.76^e	0.13	0.51^cde	0.01	48.32^t	0.11	11.5^cd	0.13	17.65^c	0.16
Sokkery	3637.45^k	0.45	18179.67^h	194.42	8.80^m	0.11	0.82^tg	0.02	48.55^tg	0.05	11.95^et	0.04	18.53^de	0.06
Bomaan	2957.95^g	0.69	1810.80^h	99.48	5.78^g	0.03	1.51^j	0.09	47.48^d	0.06	12.32^ghij	0.07	19.20^g	0.09
Sagay	3984.20ⁿ	0.00	21673.33ⁱ	105.10	7.83^k	0.02	0.98^h	0.02	47.62^d	0.03	12.51^ij	0.04	19.29^gh	0.05
Shishi	4087.90^o	0.00	15017.33^t	198.08	8.12l	0.14	0.64^et	0.01	48.59^g	0.09	11.89^t	0.13	18.82^ef	0.13
Maghool	2940.66^t	0.23	9537.33^c	180.24	8.96^m	0.06	0.80^tg	0.04	50.21ⁱ	0.05	11.63^e	0.04	19.28^gh	0.05
Sultana	3986.63ⁿ	1.83	14656.00^t	98.31	6.06^h	0.06	0.36^bc	0.03	46.91^b	0.03	12.55^ij	0.04	19.27^gh	0.08
Fard	4426.72^p	1.15	16113.33^g	387.74	6.74^j	0.05	0.49^cde	0.04	46.67^a	0.05	12.16^tgh	0.09	19.28^gh	0.09
Maktoomi	3849.92l	0.69	9261.33^c	334.72	4.4^e	0.01	0.47^cde	0.01	48.04^e	0.1	12.22^tgh	0.13	18.43^d	0.09
Naptit saif	3422.71^j	2.79	12260.00^e	134.40	7.86^k	0.13	0.9^gh	0.06	48.92^h	0.03	11.96^etg	0.07	19.27^gh	0.13
Jabri	3860.35^m	0.69	16049.33^g	95.44	7.77^k	0.03	1.05^ht	0.13	47.22^c	0.13	12.53^ij	0.14	18.81^def	0.19
Khodary	4768.87^q	1.61	18157.33^h	194.09	7.69^k	0.02	1.15ⁱ	0.04	46.54^a	0.03	12.59^j	0.1	18.60^de	0.17
Dabbas	2848.16^c	1.28	5994.67^a	112.09	2.66^c	0.05	0.19^a	0.01	47.58^d	0.13	13.06^k	0.23	19.81ⁱ	0.20
Raziz	2866.56^d	0.83	18186.67^h	100.66	5.04^t	0.06	0.31^ab	0.01	48.89^gh	0.03	12.11^tg	0.01	19.08^fg	0.03
Shabebe	3397.66ⁱ	0.46	12912.00^e	128.31	6.49^t	0.02	0.62^de	0.02	50.10ⁱ	0.05	11.68^de	0.06	19.60^hi	0.03

*Tukey test was peformed to compare varieties. Different letters denote significant differences, p<0.05

Table 3: Antioxidant and color characteristics of eighteen varieties of date seeds. Means and sd are presented.*