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Table 5 Percentage of saturated fatty acids (SFA), unsaturated fatty acids (Un-SFA) and Un-SFA/SFA ratio 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

Saturated fatty acids

 Untreated

14.93b

-

-

-

-

16.42a

-

-

-

-

 MW

-

14.93b

14.94b

14.99b

15.02b

-

16.42a

16.44a

16.48a

16.53a

 US

-

14.91b

14.93b

14.99b

15.01b

-

16.4a

16.43a

16.45a

16.52a

 MW & US

-

14.96b

14.97b

15.0b

15.05b

-

16..41a

16.46a

16.5a

16.55a

Unsaturated fatty acids

 Untreated

82.83a

-

-

-

-

80.26b

-

-

-

-

 MW

-

82.85a

82.94a

83.0a

83.12a

-

80.18b

80.3b

80.39b

80.49b

 US

-

82.77a

82.8a

83.02a

83.06a

-

80.13b

80.16b

80.32b

80.4b

 MW & US

-

82.94a

82.99a

83.1a

83.11a

-

80.24b

80.32b

80.53b

80.56b

Un-SFA/SFA ratio

 Untreated

5.54a

-

-

-

-

4.88b

-

-

-

-

 MW

-

5.54a

5.55a

5.53a

5.53a

-

4.88b

4.88b

4.87b

4.86b

 US

-

5.55a

5.54a

5.53a

5.53a

-

4.88b

4.87b

4.88b

4.86b

 MW & US

-

5.54a

5.54a

5.54a

5.52a

-

4.88b

4.87b

4.88b

4.86b

  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; T 1 , T 2 , T 3 , T 4 : Different treatments
  3. MW: microwave processing; US: ultrasonic processing
  4. MW & US: Microwave & ultrasonic combined processing
  5. SFA: Saturated fatty acids; Un-SFA: Unsaturated fatty acids