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. 2018 May 5;24(4):617–629. doi: 10.1007/s12298-018-0541-4

Table 3.

Fatty acids profile of five quinoa genotypes

No RT FAMEs (chemical name) Chemical formula No of C atoms kvl-sra2 kvl-sra3 regalona Q37 Q52
Area %
1 12.074 Methyl tetradecanoate C14H28O2 C14:0 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
2 12.464 Methyl octanoate C8H16O2 C8:0 0.5 ND ND ND ND
3 14.336 Hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester C16H32O2 C16:0 10.6 10.8 10.9 10.6 10.8
4 14.910 n-Decanoic acid C10H20O2 C10:0 0.9 ND ND ND ND
5 15.192 Hexadecanoic acid, 14-methyl-, methyl ester C16H32O2 C16:0 ND 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
6 16.709 Hexacosanoic acid, methyl ester C16H32O2 C16:0 ND 0.2 0.2 0.3 ND
7 17.100 13,16-Octadecadiynoic acid, methyl ester C18H32O2 C18:2 ND 0.2 0.2 ND ND
8 17.759 Methyl stearate C18H36O2 C18:0 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9
9 18.486 9-Octadecenoic acid (Z)-, methyl ester C18H34O2 C18:1 24.1 18.4 18.4 23.1 22.7
10 19.913 9,12-Octadecadienoic acid (Z,Z)-, methyl ester C18H32O2 C18:2 53.8 58.1 58.1 ND ND
11 20.034 Methyl 9-cis,11-trans-octadecadienoate C18H32O2 C18:2 ND ND ND 54.5 55.3
12 21.381 9,12,15-Octadecatrienoic acid, methyl ester, (Z,Z,Z)- C18H30O2 C18:3 6.0 6.1 6.1 5.6 5.9
13 24.066 Eicosanoic acid, methyl ester C20H40O2 C20:0 ND 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
14 24.815 Methyl 13-eicosenoate C20H38O2 C20:1 1.8 1.3 1.3 ND ND
15 25.006 Methyl 9-eicosenoate C20H38O2 C20:1 ND ND ND 1.4 1.4
16 35.789 Docosanoic acid, methyl ester C22H44O2 C22:0 ND 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.8
17 36.588 Methyl 11-docosenoate C22H42O2 C22:1 1.1 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.3
18 38.624 Cyclopropanetetradecanoic acid, 2-octyl-, methyl ester C25H48O2 C25:1 ND 0.2 0.2 ND ND
Total unsaturated FAMEs (%) 86.8 86.4 86.3 86.6 86.5
Total saturated FAMEs (%) 13.2 13.6 13.7 13.4 13.5

RT retention time (min), ND not detected