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. 2013 Jun 6;2013:163964. doi: 10.1155/2013/163964

Table 2.

Composition of fatty acids in six wild mushrooms (dry basis, % of total fatty acid).

PS PO LS FV RA BR
C4:0 butyric acid 0.03 0.06 0.09 0.05 0.01 0.06
C6:0 caproic acid 0.03 0.07 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.17
C8:0 caprilic acid 0.05 0.21 1.66 0.19 0.03 0.18
C10:0 capric acid 0.74 1.36 0.16 0.06 0.08 0.20
C11:0 undecanoic acid 0.09 0.07 0.03 0.04 0.10 0.87
C12:0 lauric acid 0.10 0.21 0.17 0.26 0.04 0.06
C13:0 tridecanoic acid 0.04 0.06 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.02
C14:0 myristic acid 0.58 0.66 0.16 0.50 0.15 0.37
C14:1 myristoleic acid 0.06 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.01 0.11
C15:0 pentadecanoic acid 0.89 1.99 0.35 0.76 0.35 0.37
C15:1 pentadesenoic acid 0.07 0.10 0.04 0.99 0.03 ND
C16:0 palmitic acid 17.21 12.40 7.76 14.56 9.16 11.26
C16:1 palmitoleic acid 0.65 0.46 0.22 0.70 0.64 0.75
C17:0 margaric acid 0.48 0.21 0.22 0.07 0.08 0.28
C17:1 heptadesenoic acid 0.16 0.04 0.03 0.06 0.08 0.99
C18:0 stearic acid 3.28 3.71 7.27 3.56 12.96 5.84
C18:1 trans-oleic acid 0.07 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.04 0.12
C18:1 cis-oleic acid 33.02 10.36 18.98 16.37 52.11 37.61
C18:2 trans-linoleic acid 0.09 0.06 0.03 0.05 0.03 0.02
C18:2 cis-linoleic acid 38.91 65.29 59.44 40.87 22.39 36.60
C18:3 linolenic acid 0.27 0.03 ND 0.01 0.01 ND
C18:3 gamma 0.26 0.26 1.40 17.25 0.03 0.31
C20:0 arachidic acid 0.30 0.13 0.45 0.19 0.21 0.58
C20:1 eicosenoic acid 0.11 0.11 0.03 0.08 0.18 0.50
C20:2 eicosadienoic acid 0.17 0.18 0.08 0.15 0.05 0.34
C21:0 heneicosanoic acid 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.04 0.05 0.30
C20:3 n = 3 cis-11,14,17-eicosatrienoic acid ND 0.01 0.03 ND ND 0.04
C20:4 arachidonic acid 0.04 0.02 ND 0.02 ND 0.11
C20:3 n = 6 cis-8,11,14-eicosatrienoic acid 0.10 0.02 0.05 0.06 0.02 ND
C22:0 behenic acid 0.43 0.11 0.14 0.04 0.04 0.08
C20:5 eicosapentaenoic acid 0.25 ND 0.24 0.47 0.24 0.45
C22:1 erucic acid 0.16 0.24 0.20 0.12 0.23 0.27
C22:2 docosadienoic acid 0.16 0.15 0.13 0.36 0.06 0.23
C23:0 tricosanoic acid 0.42 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.03
C24:0 lignoseric acid 0.52 0.48 0.42 0.30 0.43 0.51
C24:1 nervonic acid ND ND ND 0.16 ND ND
C22:6 docosahexaenoic acid 0.41 0.48 0.19 1.43 0.13 0.32

SFA (saturated fatty acids) 25.19 21.77 18.96 20.67 23.72 21.14
MUFA (monounsaturated fatty acids) 34.27 11.37 19.56 18.58 53.30 40.34
PUFA (polyunsaturated fatty acids) 40.64 66.48 61.57 60.65 22.94 38.40

PS: Polyporus squamosus; PO: Pleurotus ostreatus; LS: Lactarius salmonicolor; FV: Flammulina velutipes; RA: Russula anthracina; BR: Boletus reticulatus; ND: not determined.