Valorization of apricot, melon, and watermelon by-products by extracting vegetable oils from their seeds and formulating margarine | OCL

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

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Table 1

Physicochemical and quality parameters of the three studied oils.

	Apricot seed oil	Melon seed oil	Watermelon seed oil
Acidity (mg/g oil)	4.40 ± 0.21^a	0.80 ± 0.02^c	1.10 ± 0.01^b
Peroxide value (meq O₂/kg)	0.26 ± 0.01^a	0.20 ± 0.01^c	0.24 ± 0.01^b
Density	0.85 ± 0.00^a	0.78 ± 0.00^b	0.85 ± 0.00^a
Refractive index	1.4638 ± 0.0000^a	1.4666 ± 0.0000^a	1.4668 ± 0.0000^a
Absorbances in UV at 232 nm (K232)	0.29 ± 0.01^a	0.30 ± 0.01^a	0.30 ± 0.01^a
Absorbances in UV at 270 nm (K270)	0.0874 ± 0.0001^b	0.2901 ± 0.0001^a	0.2930 ± 0.0001^a

The results with different letters for each parameter indicate a statistically significant difference (P < 0.05, a > b).

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