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. 2014 Aug 25;116(9):1088–1107. doi: 10.1002/ejlt.201400219

Table 4.

Typical fatty acid composition (area % of total) of soybean lecithin extraction and chromatography fractions differing in PC content 13

Fatty acid Fraction

Ca. 20% PC Ca. 45% PC 68–73% PC 73–79% PC ≥94% PC ≥98% PC
C14:0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
C16:0 21 16 15 15 15 12
C18:0 4.7 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.3
C18:1 9.9 9.5 10 12 12 9.7
C18:2 57 63 64 63 63 67
C18:3 5.0 6.0 5.8 5.2 4.7 6.1
C20:0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
C22:0 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1