Table 2.

Retention times and relative percentages of the fatty acids fraction

Fatty acid	No. of carbons	Retention time	Relative percentage
Hexanoic	6:0	1.86	0.06
Heptanoic	7:0	2.77	0.03
Octanoic	8:0	3.86	0.27
Nonanoic	9:0	5.09	0.08
Decanoic	10:0	6.45	0.08
Undecanoic	11:0	7.88	0.04
Dodecanoic	12:0	8.66	0.18
Tridecanoic	13:0	10.58	0.18
Myristic	14:0	11.73	0.07
Myristoleic	14:1	12.39	0.18
Pentadecanoic	15:0	12.76	0.99
Palmitic	16:0	14.12	8.20
Heptadecanoic	17:0	15.13	0.41
Stearic	18:0	15.51	0.46
Oleic	18:1	17.08	53.12
Linoleic	18:2	17.89	35.04
Arachidic	20:0	20.44	0.60