Oil Characterization and Lipids Class Composition of Pomegranate Seeds

Table 2

Sterols and triterpenic dialcohols composition (%) of pomegranate oil seeds of Tounsi variety.

	Percent
Cholesterol	0,23 ± 0.02
24-Methylene-cholesterol	0,01 ± 0.00
Campesterol	6,35 ± 0.11
Campestanol	0,08 ± 0.01
Stigmasterol	3,21 ± 0.03
Δ^5,23-Stigmastadienol	0,05 ± 0.01
Clerosterol	1,23 ± 0.04
β-Sitosterol	77,94 ± 0.12
Sitostanol	0,44 ± 0.03
Δ^5-Avenasterol	7,45 ± 0.07
Δ^5,24-Stigmastadienol	0,93 ± 0.02
Δ^7-Stigmastenol	0,27 ± 0.02
Δ^7-Avenasterol	0,76 ± 0.01
Erythrodiol	0,34 ± 0.020
Uvaol	0,77 ± 0.05

Each value represents the mean of three determinations () ± standard deviation.