Table 1.

Major fatty acid composition (%) of Emu Oil and olive oil used in the current study.

Fatty acid	Common name	Emu	Olive
Major FA composition of emu and olive oils
16:0	Palmitic acid	24	10.4
16:1n-7	Palmitoleic acid	4.3	0.7
18:0	Stearic acid	8.5	3.1
18:1n-9	Oleic acid	49.1	73.9
18:2n-6	Linoleic acid	9.5	8.4
18:3n-3	α-Linolenic acid	1.1	0.7
Saturated		32.5	13.5
MUFA		53.4	74.6
PUFA		10.6	9.1
UFA:SFA ratio		2	6.2

MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acid; UFA: unsaturated fatty acid; SFA: saturated fatty acid.