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. 2020 Jun 29;58(3):921–930. doi: 10.1007/s13197-020-04606-z

Table 2.

Fatty acid contents of lipids from pistachio flour

Fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) FAME (%)a FAME (%)b
Gecgel et al. (2011) Mahmoodabadi et al. (2012) Rabadán et al. (2018)
Palmitic acid C16:0 11.2 ± 0.1 7.75 8.90 10.84
Palmitoleic acid C16:1-ω7 1.8 ± 0.9 0.62 0.83 1.13
Stearic acid C18:0 0.7 ± 0.3 1.95 1.29 1.15
Oleic acid C18:1-ω9 52.3 ± 3.7 67.76 62.56 59.21
Linoleic acid C18:2-ω6 31.0 ± 1.7 20.73 23.49 29.44
α-Linolenic acid C18:3-ω3 0.7 ± 0.1 0.39 0.47 0.44
Gadoleic acid C20:1 nd 0.74 0.34 0.33
Arachidic acid C20:0 nd nd nd 0.13
Behenic acid C22:1 nd nd nd 0.09
Total saturated fatty acid 11.9 ± 0.3 9.7 10.19 12.12
Total unsaturated fatty acid 54 ± 3 69.12 63.73 60.76
Total polyunsaturated fatty acid 32 ± 2 21.12 23.96 29.88

nd Not detected

aData are expressed as percentage of total fatty acid methyl ester.

bFAME composition found for Pistacia vera L. cv Kerman (Mahmoodabadi et al. 2012; Rabadán et al 2018), for Pistacia vera L. Anacitlak variety (Gecgel et al. 2011)