Chemical Characterization and Oxidative Stability of Medium- and Long-Chain Fatty Acid Profiles in Tree-Borne Seed Oils

Table 6

Measurements of browning intensity and color scale in tree-borne seed oils.

Sample	Browning	L^∗	a^∗	b^∗
MPA	0.85 ± 0.09^d#	39.04 ± 0.10^c	−1.14 ± 0.03^a	1.30 ± 0.02^d
JCT	2.84 ± 0.23^a	37.86 ± 0.01^d	−1.26 ± 0.03^b	5.91 ± 0.02^b
KOE	0.39 ± 0.01^e	40.57 ± 0.03^b	−1.39 ± 0.05^b	1.26 ± 0.03^d
JLT	1.61 ± 0.19^c	35.19 ± 0.02^e	−2.22 ± 0.06^c	4.45 ± 0.04^c
TUT	0.20 ± 0.01^f	41.03 ± 0.02^a	−1.08 ± 0.02^a	0.04 ± 0.01^e
ORT	2.29 ± 0.06^b	39.53 ± 0.01^c	−4.25 ± 0.01^d	10.47 ± 0.01^a

^#Means with different letters (a–f) within a column are significantly different by Tukey’s multiple test .