The influence of the species on the quality, chemical composition and antioxidant activity of pumpkin seed oil | OCL

Minor oils from atypical plant sources / Huiles mineures de sources végétales atypiques

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Table 1

Physicochemical properties, chlorophyll and carotenoid content of pumpkin seed oils extracted from different pumpkin species.

	CMa	CMo	CP
FFA %	0.57 ± 0.05^a	0.65 ± 0.05^a	0.86 ± 0.05^b
Saponification index (mg KOH/g oil)	203.53 ± 3.01^a	173.64 ± 3.18^b	178.91 ± 1.86^b
Iodine index (g I₂/100 g oil)	122.13 ± 1.78^a	119.57 ± 1.02^a	114.11 ± 1.43^b
K₂₃₂	1.59 ± 0.01^a	1.43 ± 0.01^b	1.53 ± 0.01^c
K₂₇₀	0.68 ± 0.01^a	0.37 ± 0.01^b	0.88 ± 0.01^c
Carotenoid (mg/kg)	0.25 ± 0.05^a	0.66 ± 0.04^b	0.34 ± 0.00^c
Chlorophyll (mg/kg)	0.46 ± 0.06^a	1.37 ± 0.03^b	0.85 ± 0.06^c

The data are presented in the form of the average of three individual repetitions (n = 3^e ± SEM). Values in the same row with different superscript letters are significantly different (P < 0.05).

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