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From: Fermenting shea nuts using the traditional pit method yields better physicochemical properties with potential environmental benefits

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(a–e) Box-plots of relative abundance for FFAs, FAMEs, MGs and DGs and various classes of polar lipids (MGDG, DGDG, LPC, PC, PE, PG, PI) are depicted across fresh kernels, poorly preserved and well-preserved boiled kernels, and pit kernels. All peak heights (or areas for the FAMEs and MGs measured by GC–MS) were normalised to the corresponding mean of the boiled kernels. f) A summarized overview illustrating the pattern of TG degradation products and polar lipids across the four different kernel categories. The relative abundance of each chemical class of compounds is indicated by symbols: low (−), medium (0), and high levels ( +). An extended version of the box-plots, including the more stable TGs and the polar lipids, SQDG and HexCer, are shown in Figure SI-4.

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