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. 2017 May 29;54(8):2224–2229. doi: 10.1007/s13197-017-2657-x

Table 1.

Fatty acid composition (%) of sunflower oil before and after deep fat frying process

Fatty acids SOS1 SOS2
Day 0 Day 7 Day 0 Day 7
C16:0 4.5 ± 0.1a 4.6 ± 0.3a 3.7 ± 0.3a 3.8 ± 0.1a
C18:0 3.4 ± 0.4a 3.3 ± 0.2a 3.9 ± 0.1a 3.7 ± 0.3a
C18:1 80.2 ± 1.4a 72.3 ± 1.6b 85.4 ± 1.3a 78.3 ± 1.8b
C18:2 9.1 ± 0.4a 7.6 ± 0.2b 4.4 ± 0.1a 4.0 ± 0.3a
C18:3 0.5 ± 0.2a 0.5 ± 0.1a 0.4 ± 0.3a 0.3 ± 0.2a
SFA 8.1 ± 0.4a 8.2 ± 0.3a 7.8 ± 0.2a 8.1 ± 0.3a
MUFA 81.2 ± 1.3a 70.6 ± 1.9b 87.2 ± 1.3a 79.6 ± 2.4b
PUFA 9.5 ± 0.6a 6.7 ± 0.4b 5.4 ± 0.4a 4.7 ± 0.4a

Mean ± SD within a row with the same superscript are not significantly different (p < 0.05)

SOS sunflower oil sample