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Table 2.

Saturated fatty acids expressed in mg FA/g crude oil, mg FA/g nut or mg FA/g seed (Mean ± SD)

Sample ID	Sample Type	Myristic C14:0	Palmitic C16:0	Stearic C18:0	Arachidic C20:0	Lignoceric C24:0	Total Saturated FAs
Baobab seed	Seed	0.15 ± 0.02^B	12.0 ± 1.44^B	3.28 ± 0.42^D	0.77 ± 0.10^D	0.17 ± 0.03^E	16.4 ± 1.93^C
Dawadawa	Seed	< LLOQ	5.15 ± 1.09^B	8.28 ± 1.44^CD	2.74 ± 0.87^C	1.09 ± 0.24^C	17.3 ± 1.43^C
Fermented dawadawa	Seed	< LLOQ	14.7 ± 1.85^B	21.9 ± 2.88^BC	5.49 ± 0.73^B	2.42 ± 0.36^A	44.5 ± 5.79^C
Neri seed	Seed	< LLOQ	24.4 ± 1.04^B	13.0 ± 1.22^CD	0.78 ± 0.05^D	0.19 ± 0.01^E	38.4 ± 1.87^C
Soybean	Seed	0.05 ± 0.03^B	4.53 ± 0.22^B	1.49 ± 0.21^D	0.19 ± 0.07^D	0.10 ± 0.02^E	6.36 ± 0.32^C
Peanut	Nut	< LLOQ	19.4 ± 0.46^B	6.03 ± 0.26^D	2.50 ± 0.06^C	1.97 ± 0.08^B	29.9 ± 0.72^C
Sesame seed	Seed	< LLOQ	16.3 ± 3.86^B	10.4 ± 2.12^CD	0.99 ± 0.21^D	0.15 ± 0.01^E	27.8 ± 6.18^C
Shea butter	Oil	< LLOQ	20.7 ± 0.29^B	314 ± 14.83^A	8.20 ± 0.28^A	0.64 ± 0.03^D	343 ± 15.1^A
Palm oil	Oil	6.16 ± 1.26^B	293 ± 56.5^A	28.7 ± 5.48^B	2.24 ± 0.36^C	0.70 ± 0.05^CD	331 ± 63.7^A
Palm kernel oil	Oil	82.8 ± 3.97^A	54.2 ± 2.82^B	15.2 ± 0.96^BCD	< LLOQ	< LLOQ	153 ± 7.82^B
p value		< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001

^A,B,C,D,EDenote Tukey HSD comparison at 0.05 significance level. Any value stated as < LLOQ was either below the limit of quantification, or below the lowest point on the standard curve. LLOQ, lower limit of quantification