Research Article

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

Table 4

Phytosterols (mg/100 g, DM) and total phenolic contents (mg GAE/100 g, DM)1,2 of P. huayllabambana seed submitted to different roasting conditions.

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

Phytosterols
Campesterol5.5 ± 0.65.7 ± 0.35.2 ± 0.85.5 ± 0.24.7 ± 0.26.0 ± 0.74.8 ± 0.24.4 ± 0.44.5 ± 0.54.8 ± 0.43.9 ± 0.24.6 ± 0.44.8 ± 0.7
Stigmasterol24.8 ± 1.831.8 ± 1.033.1 ± 2.034.9 ± 1.033.2 ± 0.233.5 ± 0.732.0 ± 1.429.1 ± 4.829.2 ± 4.930.2 ± 0.828.4 ± 0.629.6 ± 2.330.2 ± 1.3
β-Sitosterol60.5 ± 5.170.1 ± 6.263.7 ± 2.966.3 ± 4.061.0 ± 0.273.0 ± 4.961.5 ± 3.156.0 ± 5.055.0 ± 8.560.3 ± 4.251.9 ± 1.457.2 ± 5.661.0 ± 3.6
Sum of evaluated phytosterols 90.8 ± 7.2107.6 ± 6.4102.0 ± 3.0106.3 ± 4.898.9 ± 0.2112.5 ± 6.398.3 ± 4.489.6 ± 9.588.7 ± 13.995.4 ± 5.384.3 ± 1.791.5 ± 6.096.0 ± 3.1

Total phenolics
Total phenolic content91.5 ± 4.5104.7 ± 9.4100.6 ± 6.599.9 ± 6.992.1 ± 3.296.9 ± 6.294.5 ± 4.695.9 ± 6.590.0 ± 3.497.9 ± 5.390.8 ± 1.883.7 ± 2.489.7 ± 0.5

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