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. 2019 Jul 4;6:94. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2019.00094

Table 3.

OC, fatty acids and phenolic compounds traits variability among the studied varieties cultivated in Lebanon.

Variables “Ascolana Tenera” “Baladi 1” “Baladi 2” “Bella di Cerignola” “Itrana” “Jabaa” “Kalamata” “Nabali” “Saloneque” “Sigoise” “Tanche” IOC limits
MC (%) 53.22a 38.92f 42.15ef 47.04cd 43.60de 54.77a 51.59ab 48.39bc 47.41bcd 44.93cde 42.55ef
OCDM (%) 38.09cd 45.72a 44.57ab 38.56cd 37.19d 31.42e 48.24a 43.4abc 45.67a 40.02bcd 44.05ab
OCHM (%) 17.78f 27.86a 25.56ab 20.38ef 20.91def 14.18g 23.29bcde 22.23cde 23.89bcd 22.11de 25.36abc
OIY (%) 11.06cd 18.19a 17.17ab 11.40cd 14.47bc 8.37de 14.47bc 9.57de 14.18bc 7.14d 19.44a
C16:0 (%) 17.08a 13.88b 14.03b 12.89b 16.59a 17.29a 13.19b 16.25a 17.34a 12.87b 13.5b 7.5–20
C16:1 (%) 2.04a 0.47g 0.47g 0.34g 1.32c 1.64b 0.76ef 0.96d 1.19c 0.94de 0.68f 0.3–3.5
C18:0 (%) 1.97d 4.05a 4.17a 4.35a 2.19d 1.88d 2.25d 2.74c 3.14b 2.16d 2.21d 0.5–5
C18:1 (%) 63.94d 67.63bc 67.07c 70.14ab 66.49c 57.14e 68.08bc 66.98c 57.59e 70.08ab 71.75a 55–83
C18:2 (%) 12.5bc 11.77cd 12.03cd 10.70cd 11.54cde 19.47a 13.75b 11.36cde 17.94a 11.99cd 9.96e 3.5–21
C18:3 (%) 1.02ab 0.64d 0.64d 0.94bc 0.83c 1.12a 0.83c 0.70d 1.10a 1.08a 0.9c <1
SFA (%) 19.05b 17.93cd 18.21bcd 17.24d 18.78bc 19.17b 15.44e 19bc 20.48a 15.03e 15.71e
MUFA (%) 65.98e 68.10cde 67.54de 70.48abc 67.8de 58.78f 68.84bcd 67.94de 58.79f 71.02ab 72.43a
PUFA (%) 13.52bc 12.41cde 12.67cd 11.64de 12.37cde 20.59a 14.58b 12.07cde 19.03a 13.08bcd 10.85e
MUFA/PUFA 5.07cd 5.8bc 5.65cd 6.54ab 5.7cd 2.96e 4.99d 5.76cd 3.17e 5.71cd 7.02a
MUFA/SFA 3.47c 3.63c 3.57c 4.11b 3.61c 3.07e 4.5a 3.59c 2.88e 4.74a 4.62a
PUFA/SFA 0.71c 0.66c 0.66c 0.67c 0.66c 1.07a 0.96b 0.64c 0.93b 0.89b 0.7c
C16:0/C18:2 1.42ab 1.24c 1.21c 1.29bc 1.49a 0.91e 1.02de 1.46a 0.98e 1.17cd 1.44ab
C18:1/C18:2 5.34c 6.06bc 5.88bc 7.15a 6.04bc 3.06d 5.26c 6.04bc 3.3d 6.23b 7.64a
C18:2/C18:3 12.28cd 18.38a 19.05a 11.4d 14.02c 17.47ab 16.5b 16.19b 16.34b 11.31d 11.07d
TP (mg GAE/Kg of oil) 539a 321cd 301cd 207ef 469ab 384bc 285de 176f 157f 275de 276de
Hydroxytyrosol (mg/Kg) 9.1a 4.3bcd 3.69bcd 2.95d 4.86bcd 5.92b 3.09cd 5.51bc 3.28cd 3.31cd 4.92bcd
Tyrosol (mg/Kg) 8.97a 3.25c 2.19cd 0.98d 6.04b 1.89cd 3.04c 2.31cd 2.36cd 3.12c 2.09cd
Vanillic acid (mg/Kg) 3.46a 2.8bc 2.72cd 2.87bc 2.88bc 3.34ab 2.4cd 2.16d 2.21d 2.36cd 2.72cd
p-Coumaric acid (mg/Kg) 1.74bcd 2.22ab 1.95abc 1.58cd 2.59a 1.38cd 1.69bcd 1.62bcd 1.47cd 1.15d 2.42a
Oleacein (mg/Kg) 51.41bc 26.97d 27.78d 49.62bc 108.03a 14.3d 32.54cd 58.2b 121.57a 62.75b 62.49b
Oleocanthal (mg/Kg) 109.89cd 73.53efgh 48.36h 132.81bc 317.68a 102.98cde 156.24b 90.03def 87.43defg 55.26gh 59.21fgh
Luteolin (mg/Kg) 2.98def 7.19a 3.94bcdef 2.65ef 4.4bcde 5.35abc 4.87bcd 3.33cdef 1.96f 5.81ab 3.02def
Apigenin (mg/Kg) 4.71bcde 6.82ab 4.18cde 3.7cde 7.89a 7.93a 2.79e 5.03bcde 3.12de 5.25bcd 6.08abc

IOC, international olive council; MC, moisture content; OCDM, oil content on dry matter; OCHM, oil content on humid matter; OIY, oil industrial yield; C16:0, palmitic acid; C16:1, palmitoleic acid; C18:0, stearic acid; C18:1, oleic acid; C18:2, linoleic acid; C18:3, linolenic acid; SFA, saturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid; TP, total phenols; GAE, gallic acid equivalent. Different letters in a row indicate significant differences (Tukey's HSD test).