Table 2.

Fatty acid profile of the babassu oil (Attalea speciosa Mart. ex Spreng, Arecaceae) from Catimbau National Park, Brazil.

Skeleton	Compound	Area (%) ± SD
C8:0	Caprylic acid	4.59 ± 0.29
C10 : 0	Capric acid	5.33 ± 0.14
C12 : 0	Lauric acid	46.05 ± 0.61
C14 : 0	Myristic acid	15.04 ± 0.04
C16 : 0	Palmitic acid	8.26 ± 0.17
C18 : 1n9c	Oleic acid	15.22 ± 0.39
C18 : 2n6c	Linoleic acid	2.71 ± 0.48
C18 : 0	Stearic acid	2.80 ± 0.06