. 2018 Dec 6;10(12):1355. doi: 10.3390/polym10121355

Table 6.

Comparison of the composition of the most important fatty acids of linseed oil during four weeks of storage in non-encapsulated form and in the form of chitosan and alginate capsules.

Type of Fatty Acid	Mean Value [% m/m]
	Oil before Test	Oil after Four Weeks of Storage at 40 °C
	Oil before Test	C	CHI	ALG
C16:0	4.80 ± 0.09 ^a	5.08± 0.11 ^b	4.89 ± 0.05 ^a	4.90 ± 0.08 ^a
C18:0	5.01 ± 0.03 ^a	5.51 ± 0.05 ^b	5.10 ± 0.03 ^a	5.08 ± 0.06 ^a
C18:1 (trans)	Nd ^a	Nd ^a	Nd ^a	Nd ^a
C18:1 (cis)	24.52 ± 0.56 ^a	25.51 ± 0.62 ^a	25.05 ± 0.33 ^a	24.57 ± 0.47 ^a
C18:2 (trans)	0.05 ± 0.01 ^a	0.02 ± 0.00 ^a	0.03 ± 0.01 ^a	0.05 ± 0.01 ^a
C18:2 (cis)	18.13 ± 0.23 ^a	19.93 ± 0. 15 ^b	18.66 ± 0.32 ^a	18.71 ± 0.58 ^a
C18:3	45.79 ± 0.83 ^a	43.19 ± 0.41 ^b	45.00 ± 0.50 ^a	44.61 ± 0.37 ^a
C20:0	0.07 ± 0.01 ^a	0.10 ± 0.02 ^a	0.05 ± 0.01 ^a	0.06± 0.01 ^a
C20:1	0.08 ± 0.02 ^a	Nd ^b	0.05 ± 0.01 ^a	0.06 ± 0.01 ^a
C22:0	Nd ^a	Nd ^a	Nd ^a	Nd ^a
C22:1	Nd ^a	Nd ^a	Nd ^a	Nd ^a
ΣSFA	9.88 ± 0.13 ^a	10.69 ± 0.09 ^b	10.04 ± 0.08 ^a	10.04 ± 0.05 ^a
ΣMUFA	24.60 ± 0.28 ^a	25.51± 0.31 ^b	25.10 ± 0.12 ^b	24.63 ± 0.11 ^a
ΣPUFA	63.97 ± 1.21 ^a	63,14 ± 1.14 ^a	63.69 ± 0.99 ^a	63.37 ± 0.93 ^a

Nd—not detected. Values in individual lines marked with the same letters do not differ significantly (p < 0.05, n = 3).