Skip to main content
. 2018 May 3;55(7):2679–2691. doi: 10.1007/s13197-018-3190-2

Table 1.

Yield color parameters and pectin in different species of passion fruit (mean and standard deviation)

Yellow Purple Orange
Yield (%)
 Pulp 27.71 ± 1.00a 25.23 ± 1.02c 26.54 ± 0.98b
 Peel 64.05 ± 2.03a 62.11 ± 1.90b 57.28 ± 2.05c
 Seed 8.24 ± 0.05c 12.66 ± 0.12b 16.18 ± 0.08a
Color L*
 Pulp 58.05 ± 0.64b 77.65 ± 0.57a 26.90 ± 0.17c
 Peel 43.16 ± 1.47a 21.58 ± 2.15c 36.94 ± 0.45b
 Seed 33.86 ± 0.80a 28.16 ± 0.78b 26.96 ± 0.49b
Color a*
 Pulp 8.44 ± 0.01b 0.29 ± 0.08c 10.78 ± 0.11a
 Peel 2.29 ± 0.25b 2.20 ± 0.22b 13.23 ± 0.49a
 Seed 1.91 ± 0.09b 0.30 ± 0.08c 8.25 ± 0.24a
Color b*
 Pulp 42.83 ± 1.28a 17.18 ± 1.08b 6.08 ± 0.07c
 Peel 31.33 ± 0.53b 3.83 ± 1.75c 35.78 ± 1.64a
 Seed 19.36 ± 0.45a 5.90 ± 0.21c 8.89 ± 0.55b
Pectin
 Peel 37.67 ± 0.97a 32.85 ± 1.20b 21.55 ± 0.55c

a,b,cDifferent superscript letters in the same row indicate statistically significant difference (p < 0.05)