Oil Content, Fatty Acid Composition, Physicochemical Properties, and Antioxidant Activity of Seed Oils of Ten Moroccan Pomegranate Cultivars

Table 2

Mean values of physical and biometric parameters of fruits, arils, and seeds of pomegranate fruits of ten Moroccan cultivars ^{(1, 2)}.

Cultivars	FW (g)	AsW (g)	Syf (g/100 g fruit)	Ls (mm)	Ws (mm)	Sw (mg)	Aw (g)	Si (%)	Seed hardness	Oil yield (%)
Sefri 1	439.72^de ± 87.64	246.72^bc ± 64.50	15.0^cde ± 0.35	7.82^d ± 0.58	3.00^c ± 0.37	0.043^f ± 0.007	0.460^cd ± 0.068	9.50^ab ± 1.80	3.83^ab ± 0.75	20.93^bc ± 0.81
Sefri 2	432.53^cde ± 59.31	241.65^bc ± 57.83	13.82^abcd ± 0.46	7.36^bcd ± 0.68	2.62^ab ± 0.30	0.039^df ± 0.007	0.399^bc ± 0.061	9.75^b ± 1.57	5.33^ab ± 0.95	20.89^bc ± 0.54
Sefri 3	370.07^bcd ± 73.54	246.63^bc ± 69.50	14.68^bcde ± 0.78	7.33^bcd ± 0.75	2.60^ab ± 0.36	0.032^abcd ± 0.005	0.402^bc ± 0.048	8.11^ab ± 1.51	3.13^a ± 0.84	24.48^e ± 0.46
Sefri 4	589.57^f ± 153.28	420.62^d ± 125.79	16.7^ef ± 0.17	7.29^abcd ± 0.80	2.76^abc ± 0.29	0.038^cdef ± 0.006	0.479^d ± 0.058	7.95^ab ± 1.16	3.50^a ± 0.84	22.55^cde ± 0.99
Sefri 5	523.18^ef ± 80.98	291.60^c ± 60.96	12.36^ab ± 0.36	7.54^cd ± 0.56	2.74^abc ± 0.30	0.039^ef ± 0.008	0.477^d ± 0.064	8.33^ab ± 1.98	5.00^ab ± 0.90	21.69^bcd ± 0.78
Sefri 6	351.98^bcd ± 71.41	208.75^ab ± 46.70	13.61^abc ± 0.34	6.76^abc ± 0.95	2.52^a ± 0.36	0.028^a ± 0.006	0.399^bc ± 0.063	7.03^a ± 1.35	5.14^ab ± 0.90	23.61^de ± 1.25
Lahmer	337.87^abc ± 70.69	193.26^ab ± 42.73	12.19^a ± 0.27	6.76^abc ± 0.83	2.89^abc ± 0.41	0.035^bcde ± 0.007	0.399^bc ± 0.043	8.70^ab ± 1.53	4.17^ab ± 0.99	24.69^e ± 0.74
Marrakchia	317.94^ab ± 71.22	174.91^ab ± 40.62	11.92^a ± 1.17	6.51^a ± 0.74	2.61^ab ± 0.41	0.029^ab ± 0.005	0.343^b ± 0.042	8.56^ab ± 1.39	4.14^ab ± 0.90	19.56^ab ± 0.29
Lhamdha	246.90^a ± 53.27	131.30^a ± 46.89	18.11^f ± 1.30	6.72^ab ± 1.10	2.97^bc ± 0.45	0.035^bcde ± 0.005	0.227^a ± 0.075	17.10^c ± 5.86	8.44^c ± 0.73	17.59^a ± 0.19
Bzeq Tir	365.49^bcd ± 71.74	228.67^bc ± 69.42	16.01^def ± 0.35	7.06^abcd ± 0.66	2.71^abc ± 0.32	0.032^abc ± 0.006	0.354^b ± 0.060	9.18^ab ± 1.62	6.00^b ± 0.92	21.67^bcd ± 0.48

¹FW: fruit weight; AsW: arils weight; Syf: seed yield per fruit; Ls: seed length; Ws: maximum seed width; Sw: seed weight; Aw: aril weight; Si: seed index (Si = (Sw/Aw) × 100). ²Values followed by the same letters within the same column were not significantly different according to Tukey’s HSD test (; n = 25; n = 30; n = 3; n = 8).