Table 5

Sterol composition of oil from four avocado varieties.

β-sitosterol
(mg/kg)
Δ5-avenasterol
(mg/kg)
Campesterol
(mg/kg)
Cholesterol
(mg/kg)
Stigmasterol
(mg/kg)
Total sterol
(mg/kg)
Ettinger 2686.81 ± 0.03a 265.68 ± 0.03a 155.82 ± 0.01a 17.28 ± 0.03a 19.23 ± 0.05a 3259.90 ± 0.04a
Fuerte 4499.90 ± 0.06b 327.03 ± 0.04b 306.05 ± 0.05b 6.45 ± 0.008b 43.03 ± 0.06b 5378.80 ± 0.07b
Hass 3650.01 ± 0.03b 311.56 ± 0.06c 245.14 ± 0.01b 5.68 ± 0.03b 27.09 ± 0.03ab 4369.7 ± 0.05c
Reed 2998.13 ± 0.03c 144.48 ± 0.05d 263.28 ± 0.04c 10.35 ± 0.04c 3.21 ± 0.003c 3567.5 ± 0.09d
Standard 1998–5580 73–372 121–496 0–31 0–124 2437–6200

Means of three determinations ± standard deviation. Values followed by the same small letters in a column are not significantly different at p < 0.05 according to ANOVA. Tukey HSD test.

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