Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Capacity of Lepidium sativum Seeds from Four Regions of Morocco

Table 4

Sterol composition (%) of LSS oil in the four regions studied.

Sterol	TF	RM	BA	HZ
Cholesterol	4.00 ± 0.01^a	2.80 ± 0.00^b	3.93 ± 0.00^c	3.99 ± 0.00^a
Stigmasterol	2.49 ± 0.27^a	2.13 ± 0.03^b	2.20 ± 0.00^b	2.40 ± 0.00^ab
Campesterol	24.22 ± 0.15^a	22.85 ± 0.00^b	23.79 ± 0.05^c	24.09 ± 0.00^ac
5-Stigmasterol	4.07 ± 0.03^a	3.66 ± 0.02^b	3.60 ± 0.00^b	3.81 ± 0.00^c
β-Sitosterol	50.17 ± 0.03^a	48.17 ± 0.00^b	48.53 ± 0.03^b	49.49 ± 0.26^c
5-Avenasterol	13.36 ± 0.32^a	12.21 ± 0.01^b	12.66 ± 0.00^ab	13.46 ± 0.32^a
7-Stigmasterol	0.30 ± 0.00^a	0.11 ± 0.00^b	0.13 ± 0.00^b	0.20 ± 0.00^c
7-Avenasterol	0.50 ± 0.01^a	0.20 ± 0.00^b	0.31 ± 0.00^c	0.36 ± 0.00^d
Total sterol	99.58 ± 0.16^a	92.14 ± 0.04^b	95.15 ± 0.10^c	97.80 ± 0.48^d

The data are the mean of three replicates (n = 3e ± SEM); means followed by similar superscript letters in the same row are not different ().