Table 4. Saponification value of oils extracted using different solvents in mg KOH/g

Sample	Hexane	CCl₄	Petroleum ether	Acetone	Methanol
Control¹⁾	245.50±1.00^2)a3)	241.60±1.00^b	245.40±0.60^b	241.40±0.50^a	242.10±0.50^a
Cola rostrata	193.00±1.04^b	192.00±1.08^b	197.44±1.06^c	191.00±0.55^a	190.46±1.04^a
Dacryodes edulis	190.74±0.36^a	196.74±1.00^c	192.00±1.05^b	192.14±1.02^b	198.31±1.04^c
Dennettia tripetala	202.52±1.03^c	201.96±1.16^c	194.11±0.50^a	198.32±1.03^b	196.35±1.05^b
Persea americana	189.34±1.06^b	182.23±1.12^a	199.44±1.10^c	198.32±1.02^c	196.71±1.03^c

Commercial palm kernel oil (PKO).
Values are mean±SD (n=5).
Different superscript letters (^a-c) indicate significant differences (p<0.05) between values in the same row by the Duncan’s multiple range test.