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. 2018 Sep;56(3):366–372. doi: 10.17113/ftb.56.03.18.5318

Table 3. Fatty acid ester values from brown linseed oil extracted using subcritical propane, pressurized ethanol, organic solvent, and mechanical pressing (commercial sample).

Experimental condition
p/Pa t/°C
Yield/% Fatty acid ester
Linolenate (ω-3) Linoleate (ω-6) Oleate (ω-9)
Area/%
Extraction with subcritical propane
8·106 20 (26.9±1.0)a (53.7±0.4)b (13.1±0.7)a (19.2±0.6)b
8·106 60 (27.6±1.0)a (54.8 ±0.7)a (12.3±0.1)a (19.7±0.1)b
107 40 (28.1±1.0)a (54.6±0.5)a (12.0±0.3)a (21.0±0.2)a
1.2·107 20 (27.1±1.0)a (52.9±0.2)c (12.8±0.4)a (18.8±0.1)c
1.2·107 60 (28.3±1.0)a (54.5±0.4)a (11.7±0.7)a (20.3±0.5)a,b
Extraction with pressurized ethanol
8·106 20 (6.4±1.0)a (52.4±1.0)a (12.6±0.5)a (18.3±1.6)a
8·106 60 (6.1±1.0)a (51.1±0.3)a (13.0±0.1)a (22.2±2.3)a
107 40 (8.0±1.0)a (51.2±0.2)a (13.1±0.1)a (18.6±1.4)a
1.2·107 20 (7.0±1.0)a (53.4±2.0)a (13.6±0.6)a (18.7±1.2)a
1.2·107 60 (7.2±1.0)a (49.8±1.6)a (13.0±0.1)a (21.9±2.0)a
Extraction with organic solvent
105 68 36.1 55.0±0.2 12.4±0.2 19.2±1.0
Mechanical pressing
* 36.1 54.9±0.1 12.5±0.5 19.4±0.2

*Commercial sample. Same letters in columns in the same extraction method do not present any statistically significant difference according to the Tukey’s test (p<0.05)