Skip to main content

Table 6 Sterol content (mg/100 g) in oil of seeds of mash bean cultivars

From: Compositional studies and biological activities of some mash bean (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper) cultivars commonly consumed in Pakistan

Sterols

NARC-Mash-1

NARC-Mash-2

NARC-Mash-3

NARC-Mash-97

β-Sitosterol

56.5 ± 0.2a

55.1 ± 0.6a

55.1 ± 0.61a

56.1 ± 0.51a

Stigmasterol

34.0 ± 0.4a

34.4 ± 0.8a

34.4 ± 0.8a

33.4 ± 0.1b

Δ5- Venasterol

4.00 + 0.22b

3.64 + 0.38b

3.64 + 0.38b

4.51 + 0.12a

Stigmastanol

2.66 + 0.05c

3.79 + 0.12a

3.79 + 0.12a

3.21 + 0.38b

Δ7- avenasterol

1.01 ± 0.17a

1.05 ± 0.69a

1.05 ± 0.69a

1.09 ± 0.43a

Campesterol

0.87 ± 0.40b

0.98 ± 0.80a

0.98 ± 0.80a

0.66 ± 0.18c

Unidentified

1.00 ± 0.03a

1.00 ± 0.27a

1.00 ± 0.27a

1.00 ± 0.13a

  1. Values in the same row having different letters differ significantly with least significant difference (LSD) at probability (p < 0.05).