Effect of the Harvest Date on the Chemical Composition of Patauá (Oenocarpus bataua Mart.) Fruits from a Forest Reserve in the Brazilian Amazon
Table 3
Chemical composition of the patauá (Oenocarpus bataua Mart.) fruits harvested in the Adolpho Ducke Forest Reserve, in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Harvest date
Chemical constituents (g 100 g−1 of the dry matter)
Lipids
Fiber
Protein
Ash
June
58.88 ± 0.68de
6.72 ± 0.19a
4.08 ± 0.04f
1.89 ± 0.11ab
July
57.26 ± 0.45e
6.69 ± 0.20a
4.87 ± 0.02e
1.61 ± 0.03b
August
58.90 ± 0.39d
5.48 ± 0.19b
5.92 ± 0.02c
1.89 ± 0.10ab
September
51.94 ± 0.57f
7.05 ± 0.45a
6.17 ± 0.13b
2.23 ± 0.18a
October
60.58 ± 0.40c
4.60 ± 0.18bc
6.79 ± 0.06a
1.63 ± 0.32b
November
70.21 ± 1.05a
3.87 ± 0.42c
5.31 ± 0.13d
1.74 ± 0.05ab
December
63.58 ± 0.11b
4.37 ± 0.29c
6.19 ± 0.12b
1.86 ± 0.32ab
Average
60.19
5.54
5.62
1.84
SD
5.39
1.26
0.88
0.26
CV (%)
9.0
22.81
15.70
14.1
SD: standard deviation, CV: coefficient of variation, means followed by the same letters within each column are not statistically different (, Tukey test).
