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Table 4 Physicochemical properties of Apricot, peach and mango seed kernel oils

From: Amino acid profile, physico-chemical properties and fatty acids composition of some fruit seed kernels after detoxification

Physiochemical

properties

Apricot seed oil

Peach seed oil

Mango seed oil

Specific gravity

0.9136 ± 0.00A

0.9153 ± 0.00A

0.8969 ± 0.00B

Acid value

1.35 ± 0.06B

0.97 ± 0.03C

1.59 ± 0.06A

Peroxide value (meq O2/kg oil)

1.06 ± 0.11B

0.73 ± 0.10C

1.93 ± 0.12A

Saponification number (mg of KOH/g of oil)

192.60 ± 0.93B

188.24 ± 1.94C

199.77 ± 2.85A

  1. Values are the mean of triplicate determinations with standard division
  2. The different letters at the row means significant differences at (p ≤ 0.05) and the same letters means no significant differences