Table 4.
Typical fatty acid composition (area % of total) of soybean lecithin extraction and chromatography fractions differing in PC content 13
Fatty acid | Fraction | |||||
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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 |