Table 2.

Fatty acid composition of dried deseeded fruits of B. rubra

Fatty acid	Relative%
Caprylic acid (C8:0)	1.17 ± 0.17
Lauric (C12:0)	1.98 ± 0.23
Myristic (C14:0)	3.06 ± 0.05
Palmitic (C16:0)	24.63 ± 1.02
Palmitoleic (C16:1)	1.34 ± 0.10
Stearic (C18:0)	6.21 ± 0.21
Oleic (C18:1)	15.65 ± 1.04
Linoleic (C18:2)	9.10 ± 0.58
Linolenic (C18:3)	12.10 ± 0.58
Arachidic (C20:0)	2.95 ± 0.02
Behenic acid (C22:0)	2.34 ± 0.28
Erucic acid (C22:1)	2.0 ± 0.21
Lignosenic acid (C24:0)	15.87 ± 0.47
Total saturated	57.52 ± 0.34
Total unsaturated	42.48 ± 0.34
MUFA	20.62 ± 0.41
PUFA	22.28 ± 0.08
Atherogenicity index	0.89 ± 0.01
Throbogenisity index	1.54 ± 0.02

Values are mean ± SEM of three triplicates analysis