Research Article

Impact of Different Oil Extraction Techniques on the Physicochemical Properties of Adansonia digitata Seed

Table 2

The baobab seed oil colour contents using mechanical extraction and Soxhlet extraction.

Colour
Hunter scale ()CIELAB scale ()

Extraction method
Mechanical
Chemical (Soxhlet)
MSD3.2ns0.8nsns3.4

Values are means of . Means followed by the same letter in the same column are significantly not different at . Values of are an indication of lightness, and are blackness. Positive values of are an indication of yellowish colour, and negative values are an indication of blueness. Positive values indicate a reddish colour, while negative values indicate a greenish colour.