Table 2.

Fatty acid composition of G. simplicifolia seeds.

Fatty Acid	Kovat’s Index	mg/g	SD	Relative Percentage
palmitic acid	1942	18.22	0.93	11.06%
linoleic acid	2095	91.24	5.74	55.38%
oleic acid	2113	20.24	1.13	12.28%
stearic acid	2187	32.12	2.25	19.50%
arachidic acid	2359	10.39	0.65	6.31%
behenic acid	2400	4.65	0.32	2.82%
TOTAL		164.76	11.09	100.00%