*2.9. Statistical Analysis*

The measurement made from chemical properties, colour and phytochemical properties were subjected to statistical evaluation. STATISTICA (Statistica 13.0, StatSoft Inc., Tulsa, OK, USA) was used to process the data and expressed as means ± standard error. All analysis was done in triplicates. For fresh aril characterisation, data were subjected one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and for dried aril characterisation with different drying methods, data were subjected to two-way ANOVA. Means were separated according to Fisher's LSD test at a level of significance of 95%. The graphs were presented using GraphPad Prism software 4.03 (GraphPad Software, Inc., San Diego, CA,

USA), while the XLSTAT software version 1 April 2012 (Addinsoft, France) was used to estimate Pearson's correlation.

#### **3. Results**
