Table 3.

Fatty acid levels, expressed as % of total FAs in baobab seed oil.

Group	Fatty acid name	Chemical name (systematic name)	Abbreviation (bonds)	Average composition (%)
				Dodoma	Iringa	Kilimanjaro
Saturated fatty acids	Myristic	C14H28O2	C14:0	0.28 ± 0.13	0.32 ± 0.14	0.34 ± 0.13
	Palmitic	C16H32O2	C16:0	18.38 ± 5.87	14.99 ± 6.87	20.48 ± 5.98
	Palmitoleic	C16H30O2	C16:1n-7	0.78 ± 0.38	0.85 ± 0.38	0.99 ± 0.39
	Stearic	C17H35CO2H	C18:0	1.341 ± 1.11	2.16 ± 1.6	1.15 ± 2.13
	Arachidic	C20H40O2	C20:0	1.18 ± 0.71	0.54 ± 0.70	1.3 ± 0.82
Total				21.961	18.34	24.26
Unsaturated fatty acids	Oleic	C18H34O2	18:1 cis-9	24.86 ± 3.97	21.20 ± 3.87	21.69 ± 3.97
	Vaccenic	C18H34O2	18:1 trans-11	2.81 ± 0.34	2.4 ± 0.24	2.52 ± 0.01
	Linoleic	C18H32O2	C18:2	3.92 ± 2.18	3.64 ± 1.18	5.48 ± 1.18
	Linolenic	C18H30O2	C18:3	21.69 ± 2.32	12.16 ± 1.34	26.14 ± 1.92
	Arachidonic	C20H32O2	C20:4	0.26 ± 0.20	0.733	0.53
Total				59.47	40.133	56.36
Cyclic fatty acids	Sterculic	C19H34O2		0.97 ± 0.56	1.45	1.17
	Dehydrosterculic	C19H34O2		1.19 ± 0.65	0.80	1.29
Total				2.16	2.25	2.46