Table 3

Composition and sterol content of pumpkin seed oil (mg/100 g of oil).

  CMa CMo CP
Cholesterol 0.16 ± 0.00a 0.12 ± 0.01a,b 0.09 ± 0.00b
24-methylen-cholesterol 0.89 ± 0.03a,b 0.79 ± 0.03a 0.99 ± 0.04b
Campesterol 0.53 ± 0.05a 0.89 ± 0.01b 0.54 ± 0.02a
Stigmasterol 1.80 ± 0.07a 2.97 ± 0.01b 0.82 ± 0.00c
Δ7-campesterol 2.66 ± 0.05a 4.02 ± 0.00b 1.21 ± 0.04c
β-sitosterol 116.33 ± 0.15a 84.40 ± 1.10b 90.87 ± 3.62b
Sitostanol 6.24 ± 0.17a 3.18 ± 0.04b 1.46 ± 0.06c
Δ5-avenasterol 1.58 ± 0.06a 0.71 ± 0.01b 3.42 ± 0.02c
Δ5,24-stigmastadienol 79.90 ± 2.66a 56.24 ± 2.37b 44.82 ± 0.88c
Δ7-stigmastenol 25.80 ± 1.78a 15.72 ± 0.70b 13.37 ± 0.34b
Δ7-avenasterol 74.68 ± 1.83a 47.18 ± 2.19b 31.88 ± 0.01c
Total sterols 310.56 ± 2.40a 216.20 ± 4.92b 189.48 ± 2.41c

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

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