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Table 6 Maximum total proanthocyanidins (PAs) content in common foods (monomers not presented) (Gu et al. 2001; Haytowitz et al. 2018)

From: Procyanidins in Food

No

Fruit/vegetable

Max. PAs content (mg/100 g edible portion)

Dimers

Trimers

4–6mers

7–10 mers

Polymers

Total

1

Apples, different varieties, with peel, raw

105.81

23.2

49.5

39.26

59.93

277.7

2

Apples, different varieties, without peel, raw

79.55

7.88

26.71

22.51

33.75

170.4

3

Blueberries, raw

9.0

6.8

26.56

32.32

260.4

335.08

4

Cranberries, raw

33.16

63.62

163.38

118.29

2181.79

2560.24

5

Blackberries, raw

9.5

5.84

14.56

10.76

6.04

46.7

6

Chokeberries, raw

12.5

10.3

40.32

52.9

1990

2106.02

7

Raspberries, raw

40.6

13.92

15.21

4.39

74.12

8

Strawberries, raw

8.7

9.4

38.95

28.84

97.81

183.7

9

Cherries, sweet, raw

4.8

4.9

7.74

2.03

19.47

10

Green grapes, raw

2.9

2.1

8.68

9.9

79.18

102.76

11

Red grapes

5.26

1.64

7

7.44

54.31

75.65

12

Grape seeds, raw

3197.7

687.5

3885.2

13

Grape skins, raw

82.95

18

100.95

14

Peaches, raw

25.2

6.94

26.25

17.1

34.54

110.03

15

Pears, raw

4.33

3.36

8.96

8.02

56.33

81

16

Plums, raw

74.02

31.16

75.7

54.48

98.71

334.07

17

Apricots

23.61

42.10

65.71

18

Kiwis, gold

1.6

1.2

5

5

12.8

19

Avocados, raw

3.28

2.6

5.79

1.96

13.63

20

Mangos, raw

1.8

1.4

7.2

10.4

21

Bananas, raw

0.8

0.94

2.98

4.72

22

Sorghum, sumac bran

122.09

147.8

774.79

904.23

3384.67

5333.58

23

Sorghum, sumac whole grain

36.72

46.82

232.25

298.35

1385.26

1999.4

24

Pinto beans, raw

34.37

29.81

132.52

143.75

489.3

829.75

25

Small red beans

19.4

18.1

80

75.7

252.9

446.1

26

Red kidney beans

26.4

29.1

117.7

105.3

263.4

541.9

27

Hazelnuts

17.73

17.09

85.57

102.69

442.95

666.03

28

Pecans

49.46

28.77

119.79

99.54

297.31

594.87

29

Pistachios

15.1

12

47.26

43.28

158.74

276.38

30

Baking chocolate,

Unsweetened

217.38

186

563

366

830

2162.38

31

Dark chocolate

128

108

454

295

697

1682

32

Cinnamon, ground

256.29

1252.2

2608.63

1458.32

2508.78

8084.22