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. 2019 Oct 15;10:1265. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01265

Table 5.

Fatty acid profile and composition (w/w, %) in Finola and Futura 75 seeds.

Finola Futura Statistical evaluationa
Fatty acids Abbreviation Mean SD Mean SD
Miristic C14:0 0.04 0.001 0.10 0.006 <0.001
Miristoleic C14:1 0.01 0.001 0.06 0.000 <0.001
Pentadecanoic C15:0 6.08 0.040 0.02 0.001 <0.001
Palmitic C16:0 0.10 0.006 6.40 0.090 <0.001
Palmitoleic C16:1 ndc nd 0.15 0.006 <0.001
Eptadecanoic C17:0 0.06 0.006 0.05 0.006 nsb
Cis-10 eptadecanoic C17:1 0.01 0.001 nd nd <0.001
Stearic C18:0 2.18 0.220 2.91 0.006 ns
Elaidic C18:1ω9t nd nd 0.01 0.001 <0.001
Oleic C18:1ω9c 9.41 0.020 11.50 0.015 <0.001
Linolelaidic C18:2ω6t nd nd nd nd ns
Linoleic C18:2ω6c 57.69 0.135 57.22 0.090 ns
Arachic C20:0 0.86 0.006 0.79 0.015 0.00176
γ-Linolenic C18:3ω6 4.22 0.025 1.86 0.006 <0.001
Cis-11-eicosenoic C20:1 9.26 0.875 0.37 0.006 <0.001
Linolenic C18:3ω3 9.96 0.915 18.42 0.035 <0.001
Eneicosanoic C21:0 0.02 0.001 0.02 0.0001 ns
Cis-11,14-eicosenoic C20:2 0.07 0.006 0.04 0.010 0.0161
Cis-8,11,14-eicosatrienoic C20:3ω6 0.02 0.001 0.01 0.001 <0.001
Erucic C22:1ω9 nd nd 0.02 0.002 <0.001
Cis-11,14,17-eicosatrienoic C20:3ω3 nd nd 0.01 0.001 <0.001
Arachidonic C20:4ω6 nd nd 0.04 0.001 <0.001
Cis-13,16- docosadienoic C22:2 0.01 0.001 0.01 0.000 ns
Cis-5,8,11,14,17-eicosapentanoic C20:5ω3 0.02 0.005 nd nd <0.001
Nervonic C24:1 0.02 0.006 0.03 0.000 0.0104
Saturated fatty acids (SFA) 9.33 0.195 10.27 0.080 0.005
Monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) 18.70 0.890 12.13 0.015 <0.001
Poliunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) 71.98 1.085 77.61 0.065 0.0021
Omega-3 (ω3) 9.97 0.920 18.43 0.035 <0.001
Omega-6 (ω6) 62.01 0.165 59.18 0.100 0.0028
ω6/ω3 6.25 0.56 3.21 0.01 <0.001

Fatty acid contents are expressed as means ± SD (n = 3, independent biological replicates); aThe statistical significance, tested by t-test (two-tailed distribution) p-value less than 0.05, was considered statistically significant; bnd, not detected; cns, not significant.