Table 2.

The concentration of four main fatty acids (mg/g) in the green coffee beans; group 1 (1500–1700 m), group 2 (1701–1900 m) and group 3 (> 1900 m)

Sample region	Altitude (masl)	Palmitic acid (mg/g)	Stearic acid (mg/g)	Oleic acid (mg/g)	Linoleic acid (mg/g)
Group 1	1512	98.6 ± 2.7	8.53 ± 0.83	6.0 ± 0.45	38.3 ± 3.4
	1518	84.0 ± 2.1	21.3 ± 0.88	12.9 ± 0.90	93.7 ± 3.3
	1528	44.9 ± 4.8	23.6 ± 3.3	13.6 ± 0.75	82.9 ± 3.3
	1578	79.0 ± 5.1	18.5 ± 3.1	8.2 ± 0.14	59.0 ± 2.2
	1605	72.5 ± 3.5	16.7 ± 3.1	10.8 ± 1.3	64.5 ± 3.0
	1618	57.8 ± 1.8	16.2 ± 2.3	13.5 ± 1.68	96.2 ± 5.6
	1655	77.1 ± 5.4	9.93 ± 0.88	8.00 ± 0.29	50.9 ± 1.8
	1655	54.2 ± 2.7	10.1 ± 0.70	7.8 ± 0.79	45.1 ± 2.4
Group 2	1715	89.0 ± 3.9	10.4 ± 0.86	7.9 ± 0.57	47.3 ± 4.2
	1735	50.0 ± 3.4	14.5 ± 0.91	12.4 ± 1.1	71.1 ± 5.8
	1753	47.4 ± 3.5	26.1 ± 2.5	14.4 ± 1.2	66.3 ± 4.3
	1775	46.5 ± 1.9	12.3 ± 1.6	9.10 ± 0.27	67.8 ± 3.4
	1780	69.1 ± 5.3	6.86 ± 0.84	3.50 ± 0.17	36.3 ± 5.4
	1786	71.2 ± 3.2	10.60 ± 1.0	6.6 ± 1.4	40.5 ± 2.8
	1825	56.8 ± 4.4	8.02 ± 0.86	7.7 ± 0.92	33.6 ± 2.7
	1828	52.6 ± 1.8	9.20 ± 0.52	6.5 ± 0.90	47.6 ± 3.8
	1848	43.8 ± 1.8	12.7 ± 1.3	11.7 ± 0.98	70.2 ± 2.4
	1857	55.2 ± 3.0	9.37 ± 0.96	7.0 ± 0.14	42.8 ± 2.1
	1857	50.1 ± 3.2	16.2 ± 2.6	12.8 ± 1.2	73.5 ± 5.8
	1858	49.1 ± 3.8	8.66 ± 1.1	5.6 ± 0.68	36.9 ± 2.0
	1859	50.1 ± 3.3	23.0 ± 3.0	10.9 ± 0.71	36.0 ± 3.3
	1865	44.6 ± 2.2	14.3 ± 1.5	17.4 ± 0.16	85.1 ± 4.7
	1867	48.4 ± 2.7	9.56 ± 0.80	6.0 ± 0.18	42.5 ± 3.8
	1871	37.5 ± 2.6	3.03 ± 0.10	4.9 ± 0.0	40.4 ± 4.3
	1871	47.8 ± 3.0	7.24 ± 0.54	4.4 ± 0.21	35.1 ± 3.3
	1878	82.9 ± 4.1	9.60 ± 1.1	11.8 ± 0.37	46.4 ± 4.1
	1888	64.3 ± 4.6	19.1 ± 1.3	16.6 ± 0.77	86.2 ± 1.4
Group 3	1909	47.5 ± 3.8	23.5 ± 2.5	11.1 ± 0.81	25.2 ± 2.8
	1909	43.3 ± 4.5	9.66 ± 1.2	5.3 ± 0.05	49.2 ± 4.3
	1923	35.7 ± 2.9	11.5 ± 0.86	11.3 ± 0.69	50.6 ± 4.4
	1950	41.5 ± 5.7	13.5 ± 2.1	6.6 ± 0.7	42.4 ± 4.7
	1952	48.0 ± 3.8	8.04 ± 0.98	11.1 ± 1.1	25.6 ± 2.5
	1960	40.0 ± 1.6	8.91 ± 0.38	5.2 ± 0.15	39.6 ± 3.0
	1988	87.8 ± 3.7	8.55 ± 0.88	5.9 ± 0.68	42.8 ± 3.3
	1988	43.9 ± 2.7	3.63 ± 0.57	6.2 ± 0.40	42.4 ± 4.1
	1990	40.7 ± 3.6	7.71 ± 1.0	5.7 ± 0.14	39.9 ± 2.0
	1990	26.6 ± 1.9	8.00 ± 1.1	5.6 ± 0.18	29.3 ± 2.9
	1998	42.5 ± 4.3	8.53 ± 0.86	7.8 ± 0.90	38.3 ± 2.8
	1998	38.8 ± 2.5	7.47 ± 0.86	5.7 ± 0.58	40.4 ± 2.5
	2210	45.9 ± 4.0	11.1 ± 1.7	7.9 ± 0.69	45.8 ± 4.9
Average		55.5	12.3	8.92	51.6
Maximum		98.6	26.1	17.4	96.2
Minimum		26.8	3.03	3.54	25.2