Table 2. Carotenoid content and color values of carotenoid-enriched soybean oil

Oil sample1)	Carotenoid content (mg/100 g oil)	Color value
		L*	a*	b*	C*	h°
Control	ND2)	99.35±0.02	-1.98±0.01	7.44±0.01	7.69±0.01	104.90±0.07
CESO	3.75±0.323)	85.62±0.09***	20.39±0.11***	140.61±0.2***	142.08±0.25***	81.75±0.04***

Control, non-treated soybean oil; CESO, carotenoid-enriched soybean oil prepared from persimmon peels by ultrasonic extraction (62°C, 32 min, persimmon peel to oil ratio of 1:3.1).
ND, not detected.
Values represent mean±SD (n=3). Means followed by three asterisks within columns are significantly different by t-test (p⟨0.001).