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. 2016 Nov 22;15(5):568–580. doi: 10.1111/pbi.12654

Table 3.

Contents of fatty acid in mature seeds

Traits Fatty acid composition (mg/g)
WT OX‐1 OX‐2 OX‐3 Ri‐1 Ri‐2 Ri‐3
C16:0 (Palmitic acid) 4.84 ± 0.06 5.12 ± 0.05* 5.38 ± 0.08** 5.90 ± 0.02** 4.53 ± 0.02** 4.25 ± 0.01** 4.04 ± 0.01**
C18:0 (Stearic acid) 0.59 ± 0.03 0.60 ± 0.02 0.67 ± 0.06** 0.76 ± 0.04** 0.64 ± 0.03 0.64 ± 0.01 0.58 ± 0.03
C18:1 (Oleic acid) 12.52 ± 0.21 13.52 ± 0.16** 14.36 ± 0.38** 14.87 ± 0.15** 10.34 ± 0.69** 9.98 ± 0.31** 9.85 ± 0.20**
C18:2 (Linoleic acid) 10.23 ± 0.13 11.57 ± 0.08** 12.84 ± 0.39** 13.72 ± 0.14** 10.33 ± 0.40 10.42 ± 0.26 10.01 ± 0.05*
C18:3 (Linolenic acid) 0.36 ± 0.02 0.42 ± 0.02** 0.46 ± 0. 01** 0.48 ± 0.02** 0.38 ± 0.01 0.37 ± 0.02 0.35 ± 0.01
C20:0 (Eicosanoic acid) 0.22 ± 0.01 0.24 ± 0.01 0.45 ± 0.07** 0.27 ± 0.02** 0.20 ± 0.03* 0.20 ± 0.04* 0.18 ± 0.02**

Data are presented as means ± SE of three biological replicates.

*< 0.05. **< 0.01. P‐values produced by two‐tailed Student's t‐test.