Table 3.

Mean diameter of cell oil bodies (OB) and thickness of cell walls for undigested (raw) and post-digested nuts

(Mean values with their standard errors; n 20)

	OB diameter per cell (µm)				Cell wall thickness per cell (µm)
	Undigested		Post-digested		Undigested		Post-digested
	Mean	sem	Mean	sem	Mean	sem	Mean	sem
Walnuts	28·54 a	2·53	14·77 a,b	2·92	0·862 a	0·09	1·39 a	0·14
Almonds	34·11 a	2·53	21·07 b	2·93	1·58 b	0·09	1·48 a	0·14
Pistachios	3·63 b	2·53	8·80 a	2·93	1·39 b	0·09	1·38 a	0·14

^a,b Mean values in a column with unlike superscript letters are significantly different (P < 0·05; repeated-measures ANOVA).