Table 6. Fatty acid composition of pulp and seed of ‘Medjool’ dates grown in Mexico (%).

Component	Pulp	Seed
Caprylic (C8:0)	–	0.27 ± 0.01
Capric (C10:0)	–	0.36 ± 0.01
Lauric (C12:0)	–	17.24 ± 0.19
Myristic (C14:0)	–	10.72 ± 0.24
Palmitic (C16:0)	6.75 ± 0.04	10.76 ± 0.13
Palmitoleic (C16:1)	–	0.07 ± 0.001
Margaric (C17:0)	–	0.06 ± 0.002
Stearic (C18:0)	3.98 ± 0.04	4.79 ± 0.12
Oleic (C18:1)	52.34 ± 0.30	45.92 ± 0.68
Vaccenic (C18:1)	4.8 ± 0.55	–
Linoleic (C18:2)	30.56 ± 0.41	9.06 ± 0.01
Eicosanoic (C20:0)	0.65 ± 0.01	0.45 ± 0.02
Eicosenoic (C20:1)	–	0.21 ± 0.02
Gondoic (C20:1)	0.92 ± 0.03	–
TOTAL	100	99.91

Notes.

Values are mean ± SD of three independent determinations.