Table 1.

Fatty acid composition of palm oil and palm kernel oil.

Fatty Acid	Palm Oil	Palm Kernel Oil
Caproic acid (6:0)	-	0.2
Caprylic acid (8:0)	-	3.3
Capric acid (10:0)	-	3.5
Lauric acid (12:0)	0.2	47.8
Myristic acid (14:0)	1.1	16.3
Palmitic acid (16:0)	44.0	8.5
Stearic acid (18:0)	4.5	2.4
Oleic acid (18:1)	39.2	15.4
Linoleic acid (18:2)	10.1	2.4
Linolenic acid (18:3)	0.4	-
Arachidic acid (20:0)	0.1	0.1
Total SFAs	49.9	82.1
Total MUFAs	39.2	15.4
Total PUFAs	10.5	2.4

Data partially obtained and adapted from [7]. -: absent.