Research Article

The Effects of Different Extraction Methods on Antioxidant Properties, Chemical Composition, and Thermal Behavior of Black Seed (Nigella sativa L.) Oil

Table 2

Oil physiochemical properties obtained using two extraction methods.

Physiochemical propertiesSupercritical fluid extractionCold press extraction

FFA (as oleic %)5.98 ± 0.006.15 ± 0.00
SV (mg of KOH/g of oil)243.52 ± 0.3238.26 ± 0.67
IV (g of I2/100 g of oil)115.1 ± 0.24104.37 ± 0.43
PV (meq O2/kg oil)3.4 ± 0.054.1 ± 0.15
Refractive index at (25°C)1.47 ± 0.001.47 ± 0.00
Viscosity (mPa s)6.26 ± 0.076.38 ± 0.08

Means of triplicate measurements in the same row ± standard deviation with different letters are significantly different ().