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. 2015 Jun 5;16(6):12871–12890. doi: 10.3390/ijms160612871

Table 1.

Fatty acids composition of vegetable oils 1.

FAs [%] SAF GRP SIL HMP SFL WHG PMS SES RB ALM RPS PNT OL COC
C6:0 nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd 0.52
C8:0 nd 0.01 nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd 7.6
C10:0 nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd 0.01 nd nd 5.5
C12:0 nd 0.01 0.01 nd 0.02 0.07 nd nd nd 0.09 nd nd nd 47.7
C14:0 0.10 0.05 0.09 0.07 0.09 nd 0.17 nd 0.39 0.07 nd 0.04 nd 19.9
C15:0 nd 0.01 0.02 nd nd 0.04 nd nd nd nd 0.02 nd nd nd
C16:0 6.7 6.6 7.9 6.4 6.2 17.4 13.1 9.7 20.0 6.8 4.6 7.5 16.5 nd
C17:0 0.04 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.02 0.03 0.13 nd nd 0.05 0.04 0.07 nd nd
C18:0 2.4 3.5 4.5 2.6 2.8 0.7 5.7 6.5 2.1 2.3 1.7 2.1 2.3 2.7
C20:0 nd 0.16 2.6 nd 0.21 nd 0.47 0.63 nd 0.09 nd 1.01 0.43 nd
C22:0 nd nd nd nd nd nd nd 0.14 nd nd nd nd 0.15 nd
C16:1 (n-7) 0.08 0.08 0.05 0.11 0.12 0.21 0.12 0.11 0.19 0.53 0.21 0.07 1.8 nd
C17:1 (n-7) nd nd 0.03 nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd
C18:1cis (n-9) 11.5 14.3 20.4 11.5 28.0 12.7 24.9 41.5 42.7 67.2 63.3 71.1 66.4 6.2
C18:1trans (n-9) nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd 0.14 nd nd nd
C20:1(n-9) nd 0.40 0.15 16.5 0.18 7.91 1.08 0.32 1.11 0.16 9.1 nd 0.30 nd
C18:2cis (n-6) 79.0 74.7 63.3 59.4 62.2 59.7 54.2 40.9 33.1 22.8 19.6 18.2 16.4 1.6
C18:3 (n-3) 0.15 0.15 0.88 0.36 0.16 1.2 0.12 0.21 0.45 nd 1.2 nd 1.6 nd
C18:3 (n-6) nd nd nd 3.0 nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd
SFAs 9.3 10.4 15.1 9.2 9.4 18.2 19.6 16.9 22.5 9.3 6.3 10.7 19.4 92.1
MUFAs 11.6 14.8 20.7 28.1 28.3 20.9 26.1 42.0 44.0 67.9 72.8 71.1 68.2 6.2
PUFAs 79.1 74.9 64.2 62.8 62.4 61.0 54.3 41.2 33.6 22.8 20.9 18.2 18.0 1.6
n-3 PUFAs 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.4 0.2 1.2 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.0 1.2 0.0 1.6 0.0
n-6 PUFAs 79.0 74.7 63.3 62.4 62.2 59.7 54.2 40.9 33.1 22.8 19.6 18.2 16.4 1.6

1 Data are expressed as percentages of total fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs); nd means that FAs was not determined. Abbreviations of the samples mean: SAF—safflower, GRP—grape, SIL—silybum marianum, HMP—hemp, SFL—sunflower, WHG—wheat germ, PMS—pumpkin seed, SES—sesame, RB—rice bran, ALM—almond, RPS—rapeseed, PNT—peanut, OL—olive, and COC—coconut oils.