Table 3.

Fatty acids composition of triacylglycerols from developing sunflower seeds

Stage of development	FA (mol %)
	16:0	18:0	18:1	18:2	18:3
15 DAF	7.3 ± 0.3	9.7 ± 0.5	62.8 ± 1.2	19.9 ± 1.9	0.3 ± 0.1
20 DAF	6.6 ± 0.2	7.2 ± 0.1	68.8 ± 0.2	17.4 ± 0.3	0.1 ± 0.1
25 DAF	3.9 ± 0.1	6.7 ± 0.1	68.1 ± 0.6	20.6 ± 0.2	0.1 ± 0.1
30 DAF	4.6 ± 0.4	5.5 ± 0.5	65.5 ± 1.5	24.6 ± 1.3	0.1 ± 0.1
40 DAF	5.1 ± 0.2	4.2 ± 0.1	59.0 ± 0.2	31.5 ± 1.2	0.1 ± 0.1

Mean ± SD shown (n ≥ 3)

DAF days after flowering