Table 4.
Fatty acid composition of Camellia oleifera seeds.
Fatty acids | Percentages of fatty acid (%) |
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Palmitic acid (C16:0) | 9.67 ± 0.02 |
Palmitoleic acid (C16:1) | 0.16 ± 0.01 |
Stearic acid (C18:0) | 1.87 ± 0.03 |
Oleic acid (C18:1) | 77.59 ± 0.05 |
Linoleic acid (C18:2) | 8.96 ± 0.03 |
Linolenic acid (C18:3) | 0.28 ± 0.02 |
Eicosenoic acid (C20:1) | 0.90 ± 0.02 |
Tetracosenoic acid (C24:1) | 0.12 ± 0.02 |
Saturated fatty acids | 11.82 ± 0.19 |
Monounsaturated fatty acids | 78.90 ± 0.12 |
Polyunsaturated fatty acids | 9.24 ± 0.05 |
Unsaturated fatty acids | 88.14 ± 0.17 |
Data were summarised from Yang et al. [88].