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. 2020 May 12;14(1):36. doi: 10.1186/s13065-020-00688-0

Table 4.

Comparison of the concentration (%) of fatty acids found in green coffee beans with different countries

Fatty acids Country of coffee origin
Colombia (n = 15) Reunion Island (n not given) Colombia (n = 42) Unspecified Unspecified (n = 40) Ethiopia (n = 40)
Palmitic acid 32.0–35.0 35.0 ± 1.0 31.0–35.0 34.11–35.9 33.0–36.0 40.4–46.4
Linoleic acid 42.0–45.0 44.0 ± 2.0 41.0–46.0 42.10–44.5 43.0–46.0 37.0–42.0
Stearic acid 7.00–8.0 7.00 ± 1.0 6.00–8.00 5.98–6.80 7.00–9.00 8.20 –10.5
Oleic acid 9.00–10.0 7.00 ± 1.0 8.00–12.0 8.53–10.4 7.00–9.00 6.22–7.50
Reference [29] [30] [14] [21] [20] This study