Research Article

Impact of Roasting on Fatty Acids, Tocopherols, Phytosterols, and Phenolic Compounds Present in Plukenetia huayllabambana Seed

Table 3

Tocopherol content1,2 of P. huayllabambana seed (mg/100 g of seed, DM) submitted to different roasting conditions.

Tocopherol ControlRoasting conditions
100°C120°C140°C160°C
10 min20 min30 min10 min20 min30 min10 min20 min30 min10 min20 min30 min

-Tocopherol0.090 ± 0.010.083 ± 0.00.075 ± 0.00.068 ± 0.020.114 ± 0.030.079 ± 0.010.072 ± 0.010.084 ± 0.020.072 ± 0.010.075 ± 0.020.080 ± 0.000.095 ± 0.010.089 ± 0.01
-Tocopherol0.005 ± 0.000.005 ± 0.000.005 ± 0.000.005 ± 0.000.008 ± 0.000.005 ± 0.000.005 ± 0.000.006 ± 0.000.005 ± 0.000.025 ± 0.000.021 ± 0.000.027 ± 0.010.029 ± 0.01
-Tocopherol32.52 ± 3.4040.12 ± 3.9136.25 ± 4.5032.92 ± 2.6441.16 ± 4.8035.10 ± 2.1928.76 ± 0.8033.25 ± 1.7434.46 ± 0.3332.35 ± 4.9423.63 ± 1.9424.21 ± 0.3228.29 ± 1.45
-Tocopherol14.96 ± 0.9617.57 ± 1.5716.03 ± 2.1114.51 ± 0.8417.42 ± 1.0915.46 ± 0.8112.43 ± 0.3513.70 ± 0.3015.07 ± 0.3914.01 ± 1.654.64 ± 1.135.22 ± 0.785.94 ± 0.35
Total tocopherols47.58 ± 2.4657.79 ± 5.4852.36 ± 6.6247.51 ± 3.4858.70 ± 5.7650.65 ± 3.0141.26 ± 1.1647.05 ± 1.8249.62 ± 0.7046.46 ± 6.6028.37 ± 3.0729.55 ± 0.5236.33 ± 3.87

Average ± SD of three replicates.
2Values within a row followed by different letters stand for significant differences ().