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. 2015 Dec;28(12):1751–1759. doi: 10.5713/ajas.14.0498

Table 2.

The fatty acid profile of lipids

Item Soybean oil Palm oil
Fatty acid (% of lipid)
 C8:0 0.13 0.13
 C12:0 0.01 0.13
 C14:0 0.10 0.88
 C16:0 11.49 46.16
 C16:1 0.09 0.13
 C18:0 4.33 5.07
 C18:1 23.67 37.18
 C18:2 52.80 9.08
 C18:3 5.77 0.36
 C20:0 0.41 0.41
 C20:1 0.21 0.10
 C22:0 0.45 0.08
 C24:0 0.17 0.08
 Others 0.35 0.23
 SFA 17.34 53.12
 MUFA 24.03 37.43
 PUFA 58.62 9.44

SFA, saturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid.