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. 2015 Nov 23;2:475–484. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2015.11.006

Table 2.

EFA and NEFA composition of the assayed pomegranate oil.

Fatty acid EFA
KOH (n = 3)
MetNa (n = 3)
Mean SD Mean SD
C16 30.91 1.39 29.52 <0.01
C16:1 c9 0.60 0.03 0.61 0.04
C17 0.72 0.02 0.67 0.03
C18 25.28 0.82 24.66 0.20
C18:1 t9 0.90 0.26 1.12 0.04
C18:1 t10 1.97 0.15 2.00 0.11
C18:1 t11 2.22 0.19 2.30 0.10
C18:1 t12 2.00 0.12 2.02 0.10
C18:1 c9 61.20 2.53 58.61 0.07
C18:1 t15 0.76 0.03 0.73 0.06
C18:1 c11 5.07 0.16 4.90 0.02
C18:1 c12 0.37 0.03 0.36 0.04
C18:1 c13 0.83 0.12 0.97 0.01
C18:2 t9t12 0.63 0.02 0.61 0.01
C18:1 t16 0.65 0.19 0.79 0.05
C18:2 c9t12 4.18 0.18 3.94 0.06
C18:2 c9c12 59.97 2.95 56.99 0.04
C18:3 n6 0.59 0.09 0.55 0.05
C18:3 t 0.00 <0.01 0.00 <0.01
C18:3 n3 0.58 0.09 0.53 0.04
C18:2 c9t11 9.01 0.63 8.25 0.13
C20:1 c9 7.93 1.16 6.85 0.07
C20:1 c11 4.39 0.53 3.70 0.16
C22 2.49 0.33 2.13 0.04
C18:3 c9t11c13 598.48 23.41 569.81 5.25
Other CLNA 178.45 29.28 160.32 11.16



μg/mg 1000.17 62.50 942.94 5.27
Fatty acid NEFA
KOH (n = 3)
MetNa (n = 3)
Mean SD Mean SD
C16 5.42 0.19 5.58 0.04
C16:1 c9 1.13 0.08 1.21 <0.01
C17 0.22 0.01 0.22 0.01
C18 1.61 0.19 1.76 0.05
C18:1 c9 6.58 0.62 7.08 0.13
C18:1 c11 0.46 0.04 0.47 0.03
C18:2 c9t12 0.19 <0.01 0.17 0.01
C18:2 c9c12 7.35 0.69 7.94 0.10
C18:3 n3 0.59 0.05 0.64 <0.01
C18:2 c9t11 0.73 0.04 0.78 0.01
C20:1 c9 0.25 0.03 0.30 0.02
C22 0.03 <0.01 0.03 <0.01
C18:3 c9t11c13 20.94 2.35 22.74 0.56
Other CLNA 12.70 1.92 14.39 0.22



μg/mg 58.20 6.21 63.30 1.12

c/t: cis/trans double bond; n6: ω6 fatty acid; n3: ω3 fatty acid.