Research Article

Effect of Maturity and Environmental Conditions on Chemical Composition of Olive Oils of Introduced Cultivars in Morocco

Table 3

Acidity and peroxide value of olive oils from three cultivars grown in Errachidia and Marrakech (Morocco) at different harvesting dates.

Quality parametersCrop seasonsOlive cultivars
Languedoc Picholine 1Moroccan Picholine 1Frantoio 1Languedoc Picholine 2Moroccan Picholine 2Frantoio 2Languedoc Picholine 3Moroccan Picholine 3Frantoio 3

ErrachidiaAcidity20160.23 ± 0.01hi0.26 ± 0.01gh0.29 ± 0.01fg0.27 ± 0.01gh0.27 ± 0.01gh0.35 ± 0.01def0.36 ± 0.01de0.34 ± 0.00def0.38 ± 0.00cd
20170.35 ± 0.04def0.20 ± 0.02i0.33 ± 0.01ef0.47 ± 0.02b0.30 ± 0.03fg0.42 ± 0.02bc0.55 ± 0.01a0.34 ± 0.00def0.45 ± 0.00b
Peroxide value201610.55 ± 0.05e11.44 ± 0.05d11.97 ± 0.05c6.77 ± 0.05j7.43 ± 0.04h8.76 ± 0.04f5.60 ± 0.20k5.24 ± 0.07k10.27 ± 0.12h
20178.99 ± 0.19f12.88 ± 0.09b15.47 ± 0.11a7.48 ± 0.24ij7.02 ± 0.10g11.86 ± 0.10c5.30 ± 0.10k7.30 ± 0.09hi8.10 ± 0.10g

MarrakechAcidity20160.27 ± 0.01ij0.26 ± 0.01jk0.27 ± 0.01jk0.30 ± 0.01hij0.34 ± 0.00fgh0.36 ± 0.00ef0.32 ± 0.01fgh0.35 ± 0.01efg0.38 ± 0.00e
20170.20 ± 0.02l0.22 ± 0.00kl0.56 ± 0.00c0.47 ± 0.02d0.31 ± 0.02ghi0.63 ± 0.00b0.65 ± 0.02b0.39 ± 0.01e0.71 ± 0.03a
Peroxide value201610.59 ± 0.14ef9.96 ± 0.52f15.37 ± 0.32a8.05 ± 0.35ghi8.56 ± 0.16gh12.52 ± 0.50c7.91 ± 0.13hij7.39 ± 0.11ij8.51 ± 0.12c
201711.93 ± 0.12cd13.35 ± 0.10b11.49 ± 0.10d7.48 ± 0.11ij8.73 ± 0.06g11.27 ± 0.10de6.30 ± 0.10k3.49 ± 0.10l7.28 ± 0.10j

Values are means ± standard deviation (SD) of three replications. Data followed by different letters are significantly different from each other () according to LSD test.