Table 2. Free sugar content in leaves and stem of Chenopodium quinoa

Components (mg% fresh weight)	Leaves	Stem	t-value
Fructose	ND1)	44.25±8.332)	−9.198**3)
Glucose	ND	107.62±17.81	−10.464***
Sucrose	ND	ND	-
Maltose	ND	ND	-
Lactose	ND	ND	-

ND, not detected.
Results are presented as mean±SD (n=3).
Significantly different between leaves and stem by the two independent sample t-test (^**p⟨0.01, ^***p⟨0.001).