Impact of post-harvest storage and freezing of palm fruits on the extraction yield and quality of African crude palm oil extracted in the laboratory | OCL

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Table 5

Carotenoid (β-carotene eq.), tocopherol and tocotrienol contents (μg/g) of crude palm oils extracted from different selected palms, either one day after harvest (D1) or after fruit freezing on D1.

Components (μg/g oil)	Oil obtained after direct extraction of palm fruits	Oil obtained after frozen storage of palm fruits
Carotenoids	734.7 ± 4.7	1108.5 ± 0.4
Total tocopherols + tocotrienols	714.7 ± 4.4	427.3 ± 10.7

Results are expressed as means ± standard deviations (n = 3).

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