Table 2.
Oil contents (% on DW) of sorghum at different pre-treatments before and after germination
| Processing type | Growth conditions & treatments | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before germination | After germination | |||||||||
| Raw seed | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T0 | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | |
| Untreated | 6.55 ± 0.25a | - | - | - | - | 6.28 ± 0.21b | - | - | - | - |
| MW | - | 7.06 ± 0.26bc | 7.32 ± 0.29b | 7.54 ± 0.31ab | 7.79 ± 0.32a | - | 6.77 ± 0.22c | 7.02 ± 0.24bc | 7.24 ± 0.25b | 7.48 ± 0.27ab |
| US | - | 6.79 ± 0.25cd | 6.89 ± 0.26c | 7.39 ± 0.21ab | 7.58 ± 0.28a | - | 6.53 ± 0.12de | 6.65 ± 0.15d | 7.15 ± 0.21bc | 7.29 ± 0.23b |
| MW & US | - | 7.10 ± 0.25c | 7.43 ± 0.27b | 7.61 ± 0.28ab | 7.84 ± 0.31a | - | 6.81 ± 0.16d | 7.14 ± 0.19c | 7.34 ± 0.22bc | 7.57 ± 0.26ab |
Values are mean ± SEM (n = 3). Values in same row within each processing parameter with different letters were significantly different from each other (p ≤ 0. 05)
DW basis: Dry weight basis; T 0 : Control germinated sample;
T 1 , T 2 , T 3 , T 4 : Different treatments
MW: Microwave processing; US: Ultrasonic processing
MW & US: Microwave & ultrasonic combined processing