Table 2.
Average content of fatty acid methyl ester extractions (FAMEs) in VOOs of Picholine marocaine collected from the five provinces studied.
| Fatty Acid | Mass Spectral Similarity (%) | Experimental LRI |
Tabulated LRI |
Taounate (%) |
Errachidia (%) |
Chefchaouen (%) |
Taza (%) |
Beni Mellal (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmitic acid (C16:0) | 95 | 1600 | 1600 | 9.99 | 9.63 | 8.60 | 7.66 | 7.75 |
| Hypogeic acid (C16:1n9) | 91 | 1605 | 1605 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.37 |
| Palmitoleic acid (C16:1n7) | 96 | 1615 | 1616 | 0.65 | 0.61 | 0.47 | 0.32 | 0.33 |
| Margaric acid (C17:0) | 90 | 1694 | 1694 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| Margaleic acid (C17:1n7) | 91 | 1707 | 1711 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| Stearic acid (C18:0) | 95 | 1802 | 1801 | 2.08 | 2.95 | 2.42 | 2.35 | 2.49 |
| Oleic acid (C18:1n9) | 91 | 1812 | 1808 | 75.89 | 69.79 | 76.94 | 79.39 | 78.15 |
| Cis-vaccenic acid (C18:1n7) | 96 | 1816 | 1816 | 2.80 | 2.33 | 2.32 | 2.31 | 2.19 |
| linoleic acid (C18:2n6) | 95 | 1839 | 1838 | 6.71 | 12.67 | 7.41 | 6.25 | 7.29 |
| α-linolenic acid (C18:3n3) | 96 | 1883 | 1883 | 0.83 | 0.93 | 0.80 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| Arachidic acid (C20:0) | 94 | 1999 | 2000 | 0.27 | 0.28 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.26 |
| Eicosenoic acid (C20:1n9) | 91 | 2014 | 2015 | 0.26 | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.30 |
| Behenic acid (C22:0) | 92 | 2199 | 2201 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.06 |
| Legnoceric acid (C24:0) | 90 | 2400 | 2400 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
All VOOs complied with Consiglio Oleicolo Internazionale (COI), 2001 [29].