Table 4. Oil content and fatty acid composition in the seeds and fruit pulp of sea buckthorn berries of different origins^a (weight percentages).

	Pulp oil			Seed oil
Character	ssp. mongolica	ssp. sinensis	Hybrid	ssp. mongolica	ssp. sinensis	Hybrid
oil content	24.68 ± 6.79 a	7.10 ± 3.28c	13.34 ± 4.85b	9.46 ± 1.56a	6.70 ± 1.32b	7.78 ±1.84b
Palmitic acid (16:0)	37.68 ± 4.64a	29.39 ± 3.71b	34.62 ± 3.14a	6.52 ± 1.16	7.41 ± 1.55	6.38 ± 1.82
Palmitoleic acid (16:1n7)	37.43 ±7.09a	23.65 ± 4.16b	32.55 ± 5.84a	trb	trb	trb
Stearic acid (18:0)	1.08 ±0.69b	1.73 ± 0.64a	1.59 ± 0.57ab	2.13 ± 0.29	2.19 ± 0.44	2.23 ± 0.69
Oleic acid (18:1n9)	7.56 ±3.97b	16.67 ± 6.84a	9.33 ± 3.40b	12.62 ± 3.75b	16.37 ± 3.77a	13.96 ± 4.46ab
Vaccenic acid (18:1n7)	6.01 ±1.79c	16.68 ± 6.20a	9.32 ± 3.63b	1.07 ± 0.37b	1.80 ± 0.39a	1.37 ± 0.55b
Linoleic acid (18:2n6)	9.55 ±2.76ab	8.34 ± 5.54b	11.53 ± 2.92a	42.10 ± 3.08	40.44 ± 4.06	42.87 ± 4.62
α-Linolenic acid (18:3n3)	0.69 ±0.41b	3.54 ± 2.09a	1.07 ± 0.64b	35.56 ± 4.13a	31.78 ± 2.91b	33.20 ± 4.89 ab
MUFA	51.00 ±5.38b	57.00 ± 9.46a	51.20 ± 3.52b	13.69 ± 3.93b	18.18 ± 4.09a	15.33 ± 4.90ab
PUFA	10.24 ±2.98	11.89 ± 7.54	12.60 ±3.37	77.66 ± 4.31a	72.22 ±5.54b	76.06 ± 6.23ab

^a Values with different lowercase letters (a–c) are significantly different at p < 0.05.

^b tr, trace (< 0.5%).