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Table 3 Vitamin and mineral content of raw, pasteurized and boiled cow and buffalo milk

From: Antioxidant capacity and fatty acids characterization of heat treated cow and buffalo milk

Parameter

Days

Cow Milk

Buffalo Milk

Raw Milk

Pasteurized

Boil

Raw Milk

Pasteurize

Boil

Vitamin C

mg/100 g

0

0.52 ± 0.03b

0.31 ± 0.06d

0.09 ± 0.01g

0.68 ± 0.07a

0.39 ± 0.04c

0.26 ± 0.05e

3

0.41 ± 0.02c

0.27 ± 0.01e

0.07 ± 0.02g

0.53 ± 0.09b

0.33 ± 0.02d

0.23 ± 0.03e

6

0.30 ± 0.05d

0.19 ± 0.02f

0.03 ± 0.01h

0.38 ± 0.10c

0.21 ± 0.06f

0.11 ± 0.01g

Vitamin A

μg/100 g

0

62.8 ± 1.57c

58.9 ± 1.36cd

51.2 ± 0.76d

131.9 ± 2.45a

129.7 ± 1.17a

128.8 ± 1.31a

3

64.5 ± 2.51c

55.7 ± 2.61cd

49.71 ± 0.95d

128.9 ± 3.67a

127.8 ± 1.42a

128.5 ± 1.72a

6

47.2 ± 0.88d

37.5 ± 0.53e

28.44 ± 1.08f

105.73 ± 1.22b

106.58 ± 1.64b

103.2 ± 0.98b

αTocopherol

mg/100 g

0

0.19 ± 0.01c

0.17 ± 0.02c

0.15 ± 0.01c

1.27 ± 0.15a

1.21 ± 0.13a

1.19 ± 0.08a

3

0.16 ± 0.03c

0.14 ± 0.01c

0.12 ± 0.02c

1.23 ± 0.09a

1.16 ± 0.03a

1.15 ± 0.02a

6

0.09 ± 0.04d

0.08 ± 0.03d

0.06 ± 0.01d

0.97 ± 0.05b

0.95 ± 0.14b

0.92 ± 0.07b

Selenium

μg/100 g

0

0.92 ± 0.13b

0.94 ± 0.16b

0.91 ± 0.11b

6.22 ± 0.10a

6.25 ± 0.32a

6.18 ± 0.32a

3

0.91 ± 0.08b

0.88 ± 0.05b

0.88 ± 0.03b

6.12 ± 0.13a

6.20 ± 0.19a

6.14 ± 0.03a

6

0.88 ± 0.15b

0.84 ± 0.04b

0.86 ± 0.02b

6.11 ± 0.06a

6.13 ± 0.07a

6.11 ± 0.14a

Zinc

μg/100 g

0

419.7 ± 4.39b

417.3 ± 3.94b

412.9 ± 3.89b

563.5 ± 7.56a

559.3 ± 2.43a

554.6 ± 3.97a

3

416.5 ± 5.41b

415.6 ± 4.22b

408.7 ± 2.55b

559.7 ± 11.2a

554.4 ± 6.82a

549.3 ± 7.21a

6

411.8 ± 7.49b

413.4 ± 9.27b

403.5 ± 6.77b

552.6 ± 9.73a

550.2 ± 8.52a

542.1 ± 2.88a

  1. Within the rows and columns of a parameter, means denoted by a different letter are statistically different (P < 0.05)