Table 2.
Iodine values of some unsaturated fatty acids and their triglycerides. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [6]. Copyright John Wiley & Sons and Scrivener Publishing 2019.
Fatty Acid (Number of Carbon Atoms) | Iodine Value | |
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Acid | Triglyceride | |
Palmitoleic (C16) | 99.8 | 95 |
Oleic (C18) | 89.9 | 86 |
Linoleic (C18) | 181 | 173.2 |
Linolenic (C18) and α-eleostearic (C18) | 273.5 | 261.6 |
Ricinoleic (C18) | 85.1 | 81.6 |
Licanic (C18) | 261 | 258.6 |