Table 4.

Most relevant fatty acids content of quinoa seeds.

	Fatty Acid Profile
	Saturated			Unsaturated
Variety	C16:0	C18:0	C23:0	C18:1 n-9	C18:1 n-7	C18:2	C18:3-α	C18:3-γ	Reference
21 accessions				25.40		50.40	6.6		[9] *
Ancovinto	7.87	0.75	4.44	27.87		45.17	8.30	0.51	[14] †
Cancosa	8.14	0.70	3.49	26.91		46.57	8.27	0.50
Cáhuil	8.32	0.63	4.30	23.45		52.90	5.45	0.49
Faro	8.19	0.67	4.88	22.25		53.89	4.64	0.48
Regalona	8.56	0.61	6.81	18.68		54.18	5.35	0.43
Villarrica	8.97	0.54	3.79	20.77		53.36	5.88	0.34
Ayni	96.00	26.00		239.00	8.00	488.00	49.00		[16] ‡
Zeno	6.96	0.45		13.14	0.92	40.67		4.55	[18] †
Jessie	8.56	0.65		16.55	1.04	45.68		4.98
Puno	8.48	0.71		14.41	1.07	40.39		4.59
Titicaca	6.97	0.45		13.08	0.79	33.07		3.29

* Reported values are average for 21 accessions (from Northwest Argentina) in g 100 g⁻¹ of total fatty acids. ^† Reported values in g 100 g⁻¹ fat. ^‡ Reported values in g kg⁻¹ of total fatty acids.