Table 3.

Phytosterol composition (mg/100 g pomegranate seed oil, PSO) of oil from the unblanched and blanched pomegranate seeds at optimum conditions.

Phytosterol	Unblanched	90 °C/3 min
Stigmasterol	4.02 ± 0.57 a	7.59 ± 1.00 b
β-Sitosterol	949.09 ± 18.87 b	571.73 ± 23.55 a
Brassicasterol	1.99 ± 0.07 a	2.22 ± 0.01 a

Values are means ± SE of duplicate determinations. Means in the same row and followed by different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05) according to Duncan’s multiple range test.