Table 3

Phytosterol and tocopherols accumulation during seed ripening of chia seed in 2017.

Days after flowering (DAF)
   Phytosterols (mg/100 g of oil) 17 24 27 35
   Campesterol 99.7 ± 0.6a 92.2 ± 0.8b 85.7 ± 1.6c 86.3 ± 1.1c
   Stigmasterol 42.5 ± 0.3a 37.5 ± 0.9b 34.1 ± 0.6c 34.6 ± 0.7c
   β-Sitosterol 460.7 ± 4.3a 454.3 ± 7.6a 431.2 ± 6.1b 429.4 ± 9.7b
   Δ-5 Avenasterol 46.8 ± 2.9a 39.7 ± 0.1b 39.9 ± 1.5b 36.6 ± 0.7c
   Total Desmethylsterols 649.7 ± 5.9a 623.6 ± 9.5b 590.9 ± 8.7c 586.9 ± 11.6c
   Gramisterol 15.2 ± 0.1c 14.1 ± 0.2d 17.2 ± 0.1a 15.9 ± 0.2b
   Citrostadienol 16.3 ± 0.3b 14.8 ± 0.0c 20.1 ± 0.6a 18.3 ± 1.5a
   Cycloartenol 22.8 ± 1.4a 16.8 ± 1.0b 17.4 ± 0.7b 18.9 ± 1.4b
   Methylen Cycloartanol 22.2 ± 1.2a 15.11 ± 0.5d 17.9 ± 0.8b 16.0 ± 0.2c
   Total Di and Methylsterols 76.5 ± 2.8a 60.8 ± 1.4c 72.5 ± 1.5a 69.1 ± 1.9ab
   Total Sterols 726.2 ± 3.1a 684.4 ± 8.1b 663.5 ± 9.2c 656.0 ± 13.2c
Days after flowering (DAF)
   Tocopherol (mg/100 g of oil) 17 24 27 35
   α-tocopherol 1.5 ± 0.1b 1.8 ± 0.1a 1.4 ± 0.0b 1.5 ± 0.1b
   γ-tocopherol 38.8 ± 1.8b 45.3 ± 2.7a 47.9 ± 0.6a 47.9 ± 1.7a
   δ-tocopherol 1.6 ± 0.0c 1.7 ± 0.2b 2.0 ± 0.0a 1.9 ± 0.1ab
   Total tocopherols 42.0 ± 1.9b 48.8 ± 3.0a 51.3 ± 0.7a 51.4 ± 1.9a

In same line, means with the same letter are not significantly different at 0.05 probability.

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