Table 3.

Fatty acids composition of andiroba seed oil (Carapa guianensis) determined by gas chromatography.

Nomenclature	Chain	Composition * (%)
Lauric acid	C12:0	0.89 ± 0.38
Myristic acid	C14:0	0.68 ± 0.25
Palmitic acid	C16:0	26.89 ± 0.98
Palmitoleic acid	C16:1	0.81 ± 0.06
Heptadecanoic acid	C17:0	0.29 ± 0.34
Stearic acid	C18:0	8.80 ± 0.10
Oleic acid	C18:1 (ω-9)	48.67 ± 1.19
Linoleic acid	C18:2 (ω-6)	10.79 ± 0.39
Linolenic acid	C18:3 (ω-3)	0.22 ± 0.02
Arachidic acid	C 20:0	1.30 ± 0.16
Behenic acid	C22:0	0.25 ± 0.14
Lignoceric acid	C24:0	0.20 ± 0.04

* Average values and standard derivations of the three andiroba oil (AO) samples studied.