Table 2.
Compounds | N | T |
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Global characterization | ||
Total carotenoids encapsulation efficiency (%) | 51.55 ± 1.56a | 42.40 ± 3.01b |
β-carotene (mg/g DM) | 162.30 ± 4.22a | 137.54 ± 6.97b |
Lycopene content (mg/g DM) | 64.35 ± 2.25a | 55.64 ± 2.06b |
Total flavonoid content (mg CE/g DM) | 1.95 ± 0.07a | 1.61 ± 0.10b |
Total polyphenol content (mg GAE/DM) | 5.12 ± 0.22a | 5.01 ± 0.11a |
Antioxidant activity (mM TEAC/g DM) |
5.27 ± 0.04a |
4.53 ± 0.08b |
Fatty acids (mg/g DM) | ||
Myristic acid (C14:0) | 16.85 ± 0.04a | 11.35 ± 0.02b |
Pentadecanoic acid (C15:0) | 9.21 ± 0.01a | 6.17 ± 0.01b |
Palmitic acid (C16:0) | 35.39 ± 0.73a | 27.51 ± 0.36b |
Palmitoleic acid (C16:1) | 14.64 ± 0.28b | 16.14 ± 0.21a |
Stearic acid (C18:0) | 21.79 ± 0.05a | 14.39 ± 0.04b |
Oleic acid (C18:1) | 22.47 ± 0.29a | 15.57 ± 0.05b |
Linoleic acid (C18:2) | 25.58 ± 0.69a | 14.78 ± 0.28b |
α-Linolenic acid (C18:3) | 18.96 ± 0.63a | 11.35 ± 0.01b |
Total fatty acids |
164.90 ± 3.84 |
117.26 ± 1.38 |
Tocopherols (mg/g DM) | ||
α-tocopherol | 13.83 ± 0.87a | 2.17 ± 0.29b |
γ-tocopherol | 0.80 ± 0.09a | 0.16 ± 0.01b |
σ-tocopherol | 0.12 ± 0.01a | 0.02 ± 0.01b |
β-tocopherol | 0.41 ± 0.02a | 0.004 ± 0.001b |
Total tocopherols |
15.16 ± 1.40 |
2.35 ± 0.43 |
Phytosterols (mg/g DM) | ||
β-sitosterol | 88.04 ± 1.17a | 29.55 ± 2.05b |
Campesterol | 2.59 ± 0.56a | 0.88 ± 0.01b |
α-Amyrin | 2.82 ± 0.44a | 0.80 ± 0.07b |
β-amyrin | 0.66 ± 0.09a | 0.26 ± 0.10b |
Total physterols | 94.11 ± 3.19 | 31.49 ± 3.15 |
Values from a line that share same superscript letter (a, b) are not significantly different (p > 0.05). Measurements are expressed as mean ± SD of triplicate. For the HPLC data, the values are given as average for duplicate measurements (n = 2) ± standard deviations; Nd – not determined.