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. 2014 Jan 25;51(9):1724–1736. doi: 10.1007/s13197-014-1257-2

Table 1.

Fatty acid composition of bitter gourd oil as obtained by gas-liquid chromatography

Test fat Fatty acid composition (w/w %)
C14:0 C16:0 C18:0 C18:1 C18:2 C18:3
Bitter gourd oil 2.4 31.3 8.0 7.9 50.4

n.b.Spectrophotometric analysis of the bitter gourd oil showed maximum absorbance at 270 nm corresponding to the highest peak