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. 2007 Jan 5;6:1. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-6-1

Table 3.

Fatty Acid Composition of Amaranth Oil

Fatty acids (Shorthand designation) Mass Fraction of Fatty Acids (in %)

Press methods Chemical extraction
14:0 0.14 0.15
15:0 0.15 0.08
16:0 19.19 18.59
16:1 0.13 0.08
17:0 1.05 1.37
18:0 3.38 4.45
18:1 22.64 22.69
18:2 49.89 48.00
18:3ω6 0.35 0.35
18:3ω3 1.01 0.92
20:0 0.16 0.27
20:1 1.04 1.49
22:0 0.32 0.24
24:0 0.05 0.08
22:1 0.07 0.7
24:1 0.43 0.54