Table 4.
Fatty acids composition of Argan oil according to the origin and procedure of extraction
| Fatty acids | Tunisia solvent extraction |
Morocco cold pressing extraction (cosmetic) |
Morocco solvent extraction [33] |
Morocco cold pressing extraction (edible) [35] |
Algeria solvent extraction [36] (Tindouf) |
Algeria cold pressing extraction [45] (Tindouf) |
Algeria solvent extraction [36] (Mostaganem) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFA | Palmitic acid C16:0 | 16,13 | 14,43 | 12,79 | 13,5 | 13, 84 | 13 | 12, 28 |
| Stearic acid C18:0 | 7,10 | 6,17 | 5,35 | 5,5 | 5, 68 | 5,2 | 4, 72 | |
| UFA | Oleic acid C18:1 | 52,53 | 47,17 | 45,53 | 47 | 50,30 | 44,3 | 45,02 |
| Linoleic acid C18:2 | 24,24 | 32,22 | 34,64 | 33 | 28, 99 | 35,8 | 36, 80 | |
| Total SFA | 23,23 | 20,60 | 18,14 | 19 | 19,52 | 18,2 | 17 | |
| Total UFA | 76,77 | 79,39 | 80,17 | 80 | 79,29 | 80,1 | 81,82 | |
| P/S index | 1,04 | 1,56 | 1,91 | 1,74 | 1,48 | 1,97 | 2,16 | |
| UFA/SFA ratio | 3,30 | 3,85 | 4,42 | 4,21 | 4,06 | 4,40 | 4,81 | |
P poly-insaturated, S saturated, SFA Saturated fatty acids, UFA Unsaturated fatty acids