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Table 3 Saturated fatty acids (% of total oils) of sorghum at different pre-treatments before and after germination

From: Lipids characterization of ultrasound and microwave processed germinated sorghum

Processing type

Growth conditions & treatments

Before germination

After germination

Raw seed

T1

T2

T3

T4

T0

T1

T2

T3

T4

Palmitic acid (C16:0)

Untreated

13.73 ± 0.10b

-

-

-

-

14.51 ± 0.12a

-

-

-

-

 MW

-

13.73 ± 0.05b

13.73 ± 0.05b

13.74 ± 0.07b

13.76 ± 0.08b

-

14.51 ± 0.12a

14.50 ± 0.09a

14.52 ± 0.09a

14.55 ± 0.13a

 US

-

13.70 ± 0.05b

13.72 ± 0.03b

13.74 ± 0.05b

13.75 ± 0.07b

-

14.49 ± 0.10a

14.50 ± 0.05a

14.51 ± 0.07a

14.54 ± 0.09a

 MW & US

-

13.74 ± 0.10b

13.74 ± 0.06b

13.75 ± 0.05b

13.77 ± 0.09b

-

14.50 ± 0.10a

14.52 ± 0.06a

14.54 ± 0.06a

14.56 ± 0.12a

Stearic acid (C18:0)

 Untreated

1.07 ± 0.04b

-

-

-

-

1.73 ± 0.05a

-

-

 

-

 MW

-

1.07 ± 0.04b

1.08 ± 0.04b

1.11 ± 0.05b

1.11 ± 0.05b

-

1.73 ± 0.10a

1.75 ± 0.10a

1.77 ± 0.11a

1.77 ± 0.11a

 US

-

1.08 ± 0.06b

1.08 ± 0.05b

1.10 ± 0.02b

1.11 ± 0.09b

-

1.74 ± 0.05a

1.75 ± 0.10a

1.76 ± 0.05a

1.78 ± 0.10a

 MW & US

-

1.08 ± 0.06b

1.09 ± 0.07b

1.11 ± 0.09b

1.13 ± 0.10b

-

1.74 ± 0.05a

1.76 ± 0.09a

1.77 ± 0.11a

1.79 ± 0.12a

Arachidic acid (C20:0)

 Untreated

0.13 ± 0.01b

-

-

-

-

0.18 ± 0.02a

-

-

 

-

 MW

-

0.13 ± 0.01b

0.13 ± 0.01b

0.14 ± 0.02b

0.15 ± 0.03b

-

0.18 ± 0.02a

0.19 ± 0.03a

0.19 ± 0.03a

0.21 ± 0.01a

 US

-

0.13 ± 0.01b

0.13 ± 0.02b

0.15 ± 0.03b

0.15 ± 0.03b

-

0.17 ± 0.02a

0.18 ± 0.04a

0.18 ± 0.04a

0.20 ± 0.03a

 MW & US

-

0.14 ± 0.01b

0.14 ± 0.01b

0.14 ± 0.02b

0.15 ± 0.02b

-

0.17 ± 0.03a

0.18 ± 0.03a

0.19 ± 0.04a

0.20 ± 0.04a

  1. Values are mean ± SEM (n = 3). Values in same row within each processing parameter with different letters were significantly different from each other (p ≤ 0. 05)
  2. T 0 : Control germinated sample;
  3. T 1 , T 2 , T 3 , T 4 : Different treatments
  4. MW: Microwave processing; US: Ultrasonic processing
  5. MW & US: Microwave & ultrasonic combined processing