Total Phenolic Total flavonoid Catechin Epicatechin L a B TAC Superoxide FRAP DPPH Protein -0.01 0.21 0.16 0.09 0.13 -0.23 -0.08 -0.03 -0.12 -0.01 -0.13 Fiber 0.44 0.18 0.31 0.32 -0.40 0.22 0.48* 0.37 0.04 0.39 0.12 Fat -0.42 -0.33 -0.58* -0.20 0.05 -0.25 -0.41 -0.19 -0.37 -0.40 -0.25 Ca -0.55* -0.46 -0.63* -0.08 -0.14 -0.24 -0.23 -0.37 -0.25 -0.61* -0.25 P -0.16 -0.58* -0.14 0.01 -0.11 -0.03 -0.29 -0.25 -0.05 -0.19 -0.28 K 0.22 -0.20 0.13 -0.29 -0.06 0.19 0.18 -0.05 0.17 -0.02 -0.01 Mg 0.10 -0.10 0.01 -0.15 0.06 -0.04 0.14 0.17 -0.13 -0.07 -0.09 Fe -0.36 0.15 0.17 0.28 0.37 -0.55* 0.13 -0.26 -0.01 -0.14 -0.45 Zn 0.01 0.01 0.17 0.27 0.06 -0.32 0.15 -0.22 -0.26 -0.17 -0.30

*Spearman’s correlation coefficients were calculated. Statistical significance set at p<0.05, *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001

Table 7: Correlations between color, nutritional and antioxidant parameters among 18 varieties of date seeds.*