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Table 3 Phorbol ester content of seed, oil and defatted meal of three provenances of J. curcas L. PE content is from dehulled seeds, crude oil and untreated seed cake after mechanical extraction

From: Phorbol esters seed content and distribution in Latin American provenances of Jatropha curcas L.: potential for biopesticide, food and feed

Variety

Seed

Oil

Cake

(mg PE/g kernel)

Mexicana

7.56a

4.91a

3.25a

India Salvadoreña

7.36a

4.63a

3.02a

Cabo Verde

2.57b

1.67b

0.55b

  1. Means with different superscript letters on the same column are significantly different (LSD test, P < 0.05)