. 2017 Jun 19;54(9):2890–2901. doi: 10.1007/s13197-017-2727-0

Table 1.

Physicochemical characteristics of four selected pomegranate peels

Parameters	Ac	Ga	Ne	To
Fruit weight (g)	222.95 ± 65.12^a	546.28 ± 154.33^b	530.08 ± 87.29^b	456.43 ± 47.34^b
Pulp percentage (%)	64.33 ± 10.12^b	47.41 ± 1.85^a	60.97 ± 4.71^b	54.06 ± 6.09^ab
Peel percentage (%)	33.5 ± 8.04^a	51.37 ± 1.64^b	36.98 ± 5.22^a	42.99 ± 6.51^ab
Moisture (%)	67.26 ± 0.23^a	73.23 ± 0.15^b	72.58 ± 0.67^b	72.68 ± 0.79^b
Proteins (%, DW)	3.96 ± 0.49^a	7.13 ± 0.53^c	5.42 ± 0.01^b	5.84 ± 0.38^b
Fat (%, DW)	nd	nd	nd	nd
Total sugar (%, DW)	30.65 ± 0.70^a	33.58 ± 0.21^ab	33.00 ± 2.99^ab	34.83 ± 0.79^b
Solubles	27.33 ± 0.70^a	30.60 ± 0.79^b	30.14 ± 2.99^ab	32.33 ± 0.21^b
Insolubles	3.31 ± 0.07^ab	2.98 ± 0.37^ab	2.86 ± 0.04^ab	2.49 ± 0.44^a
Total fibre (%, DW)	28.27 ± 0.90^a	28.10 ± 1.20^a	33.81 ± 0.42^b	33.93 ± 0.66^b
Insolubles	27.11 ± 0.65^a	27.04 ± 0.77^a	32.51 ± 0.36^b	32.13 ± 0.46^b
Solubles	1.16 ± 0.11^ab	1.06 ± 0.04^a	1.35 ± 0.21^b	1.80 ± 0.09^c
Ash (%, DW)	4.97 ± 0.22^b	4.44 ± 0.31^ab	3.71 ± 0.37^a	4.52 ± 0.75^ab
Carbohydrates (%, DW)	32.14 ± 0.45^d	26.73 ± 0.48^c	24.04 ± 0.89^b	20.87 ± 0.50^a
L*	35.10^±0.18^a	37.74 ± 0.26^b	47.83 ± 0.04^d	38.32 ± 0.22^c
a*	14.47 ± 0.09^c	15.22 ± 0.06^d	8.52 ± 0.02^a	12.57 ± 0.17^b
b*	10.43 ± 0.10^a	11.96 ± 0.19^b	22.61 ± 0.02^d	15.90 ± 0.28^c

Ac Acide, Ga Gabsi, Ne Nebli, To Tounsi, DW dry weight basis, L*a*b*, lightness and chromaticity coordinates in the L*a*b* color space (CIELAB)

Each value in the table is represented as mean ± SE (n = 3). Significant differences between values in the same row are indicated by different letters a–d (P < 0.05)