Table 1.
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