Table 4.

Composition of soybean, sunflower and colza oil fatty acids, comparing fatty acids, carbon chain and their nomenclature.

Fatty Acids	Nomenclature	Soybean Oil	Sunflower Oil	Colza Oil
C 14:0	Myristic	<0.5	<0.5	<0.2
C 16:0	Palmitic	7.0–14.0	3.0–10.0	2.5–6.5
C 16:1	Palmitoleic	<0.5	<1.0	<0.6
C 18:0	Stearic	1.4–5.5	1.0–10.0	0.8–3.0
C 18:1	Oleic	19.0–30.0	14.0–35.0	53.0–70.0
C 18:2	Linoleic	44.0–62.0	55.0–75.0	15.0–30.0
C 18:3	Linolenic	4.0–11.0	<0.3	5.0–13.0
C 20:0	Arachidic	<1.0	<1.5	0.1–1.2
C 20:1	Eicosenoic	<1.0	<0.5	0.1–4.3
C 22:0	Behenic	<0.5	<1.0	<0.6
C 22:1	Erucic		<0.5	<2.0
C 24:0	Lignoceric		<0.5	<0.2
C 24:1	Tetracosenóico		<0.5	<0.2

From ANVISA (National Health Surveillance Agency) [67].