Table 5.
Fatty acid composition of the berries (g/100 g total fatty acid).
Sample | C16:0 | C16:1n9 | C17:0 | C18:0 | C18:1n9 | C18:1n11 | C18:2n6 | C18:3n6 | C18:3n3 | C20:0 | C24:0 | SFA 1 | MUFA 2 | PUFA 3 | n−6/n−3 |
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Blackberries | 26.40 ab | 1.10 | 2.80 | 16.87 b | 12.02 c | 0.13 c | 23.48 b | Nd 4 | 17.25 bc | nd | nd | 46.05 e | 13.23 c | 40.72 c | 1.36 cd |
Black currants | 28.65 a | 0.55 | 5.90 | 38.23 a | 1.63 f | 0.32 c | 14.58 cd | nd | 8.68 ef | 1.47 | nd | 74.25 a | 2.50 e | 23.25 f | 1.67 bc |
Blueberries Cv. Blue Ray | 20.40 c | nd | 8.28 | 18.20 b | 3.68 ef | 1.60 abc | 28.75 b | nd | 19.18 ab | nd | nd | 54.75 cd | 4.82 de | 40.37 c | 2.08 b |
Blueberries Cv. Duke | 22.35 bc | nd | 9.95 | 22.48 b | 3.70 ef | 1.15 bc | 27.05 b | nd | 13.33 cde | nd | nd | 46.80 e | 5.25 de | 47.92 b | 1.50 cd |
Blueberries Cv. Misty | 22.43 bc | nd | 6.38 | 24.55 b | 5.23 ef | 1.95 ab | 26.25 b | nd | 13.15 cde | nd | nd | 53.42 de | 7.17 d | 39.40 c | 2.07 b |
Goji | 12.50 d | 0.55 | 1.63 | 3.68 c | 16.55 b | 1.13 bc | 54.05 a | 1.50 | 6.83 f | 0.63 | 0.23 | 18.70 f | 18.25 b | 62.37 a | 8.26 a |
Raspberries | 22.13 bc | 1.08 | 6.00 | 17.85 b | 21.57 a | 0.07 c | 9.15 d | nd | 22.17 a | nd | nd | 46.00 e | 22.72 a | 31.30 de | 0.41 e |
Red currants | 23.20 bc | 0.67 | 10.65 | 26.65 ab | 7.17 de | 3.12 a | 16.07 c | nd | 11.83 de | 0.65 | nd | 61.15 bc | 10.92 c | 27.90 def | 1.36 cd |
Red gooseberries | 23.65 abc | nd | 13.85 | 23.53 b | 5.85 e | 0.35 bc | 17.40 c | nd | 13.43 cde | 1.93 | nd | 62.92 b | 6.20 d | 30.87 de | 1.30 cd |
White currants | 26.43 ab | 1.27 | 8.77 | 28.05 ab | 10.40 cd | nd | 12.07 cd | nd | 13.02 cde | nd | nd | 63.23 b | 11.65 c | 25.10 ef | 0.92 de |
White gooseberries | 24.70 abc | nd | 10.87 | 27.10 ab | 4.03 ef | 1.60 abc | 17.40c | nd | 14.30 cd | nd | nd | 62.67 b | 5.67 de | 31.67 d | 1.22 cd |
1 Saturated Fatty Acid. 2 Monounsaturated Fatty Acid. 3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid. 4 nd = not detected. a,b,c,d,e,f Values in the column with different superscript letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).