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. 2020 May 13;9(5):623. doi: 10.3390/foods9050623

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
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).