Table 3.

Effect of wounding on the fatty acid composition of Picual and Arbequina mesocarp tissue.

Cultivar	Time(h)	Fatty acid composition (%)
		16:0	16:1	16:2	18:0	18:1	18:2	18:3
Picual	0	13.41 ± 0.04	1.27 ± 0.04	0.10 ± 0.01	2.24 ± 0.00	80.19 ± 0.03	2.17 ± 0.01	0.62 ± 0.01
	1	13.71 ± 0.06 ∗	1.62 ± 0.03∗	0.09 ± 0.00	2.17 ± 0.10	79.47 ± 0.04 ∗	2.36 ± 0.05 ∗	0.58 ± 0.01
	6	13.86 ± 0.03∗	1.65 ± 0.00∗	0.10 ± 0.01	2.37 ± 0.01 ∗	78.87 ± 0.04 ∗	2.54 ± 0.01 ∗	0.61 ± 0.00
	24	13.57 ± 0.06 ∗	1.51 ± 0.01∗	0.11 ± 0.00	2.19 ± 0.01	78.95 ± 0.09 ∗	3.13 ± 0.01 ∗	0.55 ± 0.00
Arbequina	0	17.48 ± 0.40	2.02 ± 0.06	0.26 ± 0.02	1.83 ± 0.04	66.14 ± 0.83	11.70 ± 0.36	0.57 ± 0.03
	1	18.53 ± 0.10 ∗	2.33 ± 0.02	0.33 ± 0.01	1.75 ± 0.01	62.62 ± 0.32 ∗	13.81 ± 0.10 ∗	0.63 ± 0.11
	6	18.15 ± 0.06 ∗	2.38 ± 0.01	0.27 ± 0.02	1.81 ± 0.01	65.01 ± 0.04 ∗	11.78 ± 0.03	0.59 ± 0.11
	24	18.24 ± 0.10 ∗	2.19 ± 0.03	0.33 ± 0.02	1.78 ± 0.00	63.26 ± 0.19 ∗	13.62 ± 0.13 ∗	0.59 ± 0.07

Data are presented as means ± SD of three biological replicates. 16:0, palmitic acid; 16:1, palmitoleic acid; 16:2, palmitolinoleic acid; 18:0, stearic acid; 18:1, oleic acid; 18:2, linoleic acid; 18:3, α-linolenic acid. ^∗Indicates significantly different to time 0 h (p < 0.05) by two-way ANOVA with a Bonferroni post-test.