Table 1.

Protein and lipid contents of the different Cucurbitaceae species (mg/g defatted dried matter)

Content	Cucurbitaceae species
	Telfairia occidentalis	Citrullus lanatus	Lagenaria siceraria	Cucumeropsis mannii	Cucurbita moschata
Albumin	28.00 ± 1.80b	40.48 ± 3.09ab	47.02 ± 20.28a	42.62 ± 2.57ab	32.64 ± 2.99ab
Globulin	167.17 ± 3.63b	275.34 ± 28.31a	52.17 ± 5.68c	81.03 ± 3.93c	295.11 ± 38.94a
Prolamin	9.92 ± 1.14c	18.21 ± 1.04a	11.767 ± 1.00b	8.63 ± 0.19c	8.58 ± 0.90c
Glutelin	41.67 ± 2.20a	6.83 ± 2.57c	4.53 ± 0.55cd	10.20 ± 1.93b	3.27 ± 0.61d
Lipids	37.78 ± 0.03d	39.49 ± 0.01b	45.01 ± 0.06a	37.94 ± 0.03c	33.30 ± 0.01e

NB: The letters a, b, c, d, e indicate whether there is any significant difference between species at 95% confidence interval. On the same line, values carrying the same letter are statistical similar.