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. 2014 Jan 22;3(1):38–54. doi: 10.3390/antiox3010038

Table 1.

Fatty acid composition of sunflower oil.

Fatty acid name Numerical symbol Amount (%)
Saturated 12.79
Palmitic acid C16:0 6.99 ± 0.08
Stearic acid C18:0 4.16 ± 0.04
Arachidic acid C20:0 0.33 ± 0.01
Behenic acid C22:0 0.96 ± 0.02
Lignoceric acid C24:0 0.35 ± 0.02
Unsaturated 87.21
Oleic acid C18:1 (n-9) 34.51 ± 0.11
Eicosenoic acid C20:1 (n-9) 0.32 ± 0.03
Linolenic acid C18:2 (n-6) 52.38 ± 0.23