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The effects induced by sweet orange variety and stage of maturity were comprehensively compared by applying 2-way ANOVA and linear discriminant analysis. The results indicated higher differences in antioxidant activity and vitamin contents in response to the effect of the harvesting season, when compared to the effect of sweet orange variety. Nevertheless, the results observed in 2012 showed less marked differences among the assayed sweet orange varieties. Either way, it might be concluded that oranges sampled in January show the highest antioxidant activity and vitamin contents. Furthermore, concerning the properties evaluated in this work, all sweet orange varieties represent good alternatives, except for Rhode Summer, which would not be the preferable choice as a target to enhance sweet orange overall characteristics.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules20058287","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,5,7]],"date-time":"2015-05-07T10:54:29Z","timestamp":1430996069000},"page":"8287-8302","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Variety and Harvesting Season Effects on Antioxidant Activity and Vitamins Content of Citrus sinensis Macfad."],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Vanessa","family":"Carde\u00f1osa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Postharvest Technology and Agrifood Industry Area, Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fishering Research and Training (IFAPA) Alameda del Obispo, 14004 C\u00f3rdoba, Spain"}]},{"given":"Jo\u00e3o","family":"Barreira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mountain Research Center (CIMO), ESA, Polytechnic Institute of Bragan\u00e7a, Apartado 1172,  5301-855 Bragan\u00e7a, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Lillian","family":"Barros","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mountain Research Center (CIMO), ESA, Polytechnic Institute of Bragan\u00e7a, Apartado 1172,  5301-855 Bragan\u00e7a, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Francisco","family":"Arenas-Arenas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro IFAPA \"Las Torres-Tomejil\", Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n y Formaci\u00f3n Agraria y Pesquera, Ctra Sevilla\u2014Cazalla Km. 12,2, 41200 Alcal\u00e1 del R\u00edo (Sevilla), Spain"}]},{"given":"Jos\u00e9","family":"Moreno-Rojas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Postharvest Technology and Agrifood Industry Area, Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fishering Research and Training (IFAPA) Alameda del Obispo, 14004 C\u00f3rdoba, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4910-4882","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Isabel","family":"Ferreira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mountain Research Center (CIMO), ESA, Polytechnic Institute of Bragan\u00e7a, Apartado 1172,  5301-855 Bragan\u00e7a, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,5,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"125","DOI":"10.1016\/j.tips.2010.12.002","article-title":"Free radicals and antioxidants\u2014quo vadis?","volume":"32","author":"Halliwell","year":"2011","journal-title":"Trend Pharmacol. 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