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. 2021 Jun 4;8:675572. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.675572

Table 3.

Antioxidant content (μg/g DM) and oxidative status (Thiols, μmol SH-group/g DM; carbonyls, nmol/mg proteins calculated on DM basis; TBARS μg of MDA/g DM) and of uncooked larvae and larvae cooked with different techniques.

UC OC70-30 OC150-10 PF DF MW BO ST RMSE P
Antioxidants
γ-Tocotrienol 0.82b 1.11a 1.23a 0.55b 1.27a 0.77b 0.94b 1.14a 0.081 0.038
α-Tocotrienol 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.004 0.644
δ-Tocopherol 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.03 0.26 0.24 0.00 0.00 0.064 0.466
γ-Tocopherol 0.15b 0.10b 0.10b 0.17b 1.18a 1.04a 0.09b 0.13b 0.07 0.460
α-Tocopherol 1.55C 1.26C 1.20C 7.79B 17.12A 17.19A 1.86C 1.24C 3.740 <0.001
Tocols 2.56C 2.52C 2.56C 8.55B 17.40A 17.40A 2.93C 2.55C 47.490 <0.001
Oxidative status
Carbonyls 8.23D 95.38A 117.02A 7.95D 7.91D 55.99B 15.22C 8.87D 5.613 <0.001
TBARS 2.85c 3.97b 5.68a 4.02b 5.70a 2.99c 2.50c 2.38d 0.608 0.018

UC, uncooked; OC70-30, oven cooked at 70°C for 30 min; OC150-10, oven cooked at 150°C for 10 min; PF, pan fried (30 ml oil per 100 g of larvae, 2 min); DF, deep fried (300 ml of oil per 100 g of larvae, 2 min); MW, cooked in microwave (800 W per 150 s); BO, boiled (plastic bag under vacuum for 30 min); ST, steamed for 10 min.

a, b, c, dLetters show statistically significant differences among samples at P < 0.05.

A, B, C, D, ELetters show statistically significant differences among samples at P < 0.001.