Table3

Frying period (hr)	Tiger nut oil (TNO)	Sunflower oil (SO)	TNO + SO(v/v) 10: 90 20:80 30: 70 40: 60 50: 50
Frying period (hr)	Tiger nut oil (TNO)	Sunflower oil (SO)	TNO + SO(v/v) 10: 90 20:80 30: 70 40: 60 50: 50
0	0.04^x ±0.01	0.07^vwx ±0.01	0.04^wx ±0.02	0.05^wx ±0.01	0.05^wx ±0.01	0.06 ^wx ±0.01	0.06 ±0.00
5	0.11^uv ±0.05	0.16^tu ±0.04	0.15^tu ±0.04	0.15 ^tu ±0.03	0.14 ^tu ±0.02	0.14 ^tu ±0.01	0.10 ^vw ±0.00
10	0.15^tu ±0.06	0.32^o ±0.04	0.25^pqr ±0.03	0.20^rst ±0.05	0.20^rst ±0.02	0.19^st ±0.03	0.15^tu ±0.02
15	0.21^qrs ±0.06	0.53^ij ±0.03	0.52^ij ±0.02	0.49^jkl ±0.04	0.46^klm ±0.00	0.42^mn ±0.02	0.26^pq ±0.03
20	0.27^op ±0.01	0.79^b ±0.02	0.59^gh ±0.03	0.55^hi ±0.04	0.50^ijk ±0.05	0.49^jkl ±0.05	0.40ⁿ ±0.06
25	0.30^op ±0.00	0.92^a ±0.01	0.72^c ±0.03	0.71^cd ±0.02	0.66^def ±0.04	0.60^fg ±0.02	0.44^lmn ±0.00
30	0.55^hi ±0.04	0.97^a ±0.02	0.81^b ±0.01	0.73^c ±0.03	0.70^cde ±0.01	0.65^ef ±0.09	0.61^fg ±0.01
LSD at 0.05 = 0.05124

Data are expressed as mean ± SD. Values given represent means of three determinations Values followed by the same letter are not significantly different (p<0.05)

Table3: Changes in thiobarbituric acid value (Absorbance at 532 nm) of sunflower blended with different portions of Tiger nut oil during deep fat frying at (180^°C ± 5^°C).