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. 2021 May 22;10(6):830. doi: 10.3390/antiox10060830

Table 2.

The relative amounts of fatty acid methyl esters obtained by methanolysis of C. sativa seed oil.

RI Rel. Amount (%) Compound
1724 tr Methyl tetradecanoate (methyl myristate)
1824 tr Methyl pentadecanoate
1895 0.1 Methyl (9Z)-9-hexadecenoate (methyl palmitoleate)
1924 7.6 Methyl hexadecanoate (methyl palmitate)
2014 tr Methyl (9Z)-9-heptadecenoate
2024 tr Methyl heptadecanoate (methyl margarate)
2083 3.2 Methyl (6Z,9Z,12Z)-6,9,12-octadecatrienoate (methyl γ-linolenate)
2090 1.0 Methyl (6Z,9Z,12Z,15Z)-6,9,12,15-octadecatetraenoate (methyl stearidonate)
2108 54.5 Methyl (9Z,12Z)-9,12-octadecadienoate (methyl linoleate)
2116 27.6 Methyl (9Z)-9-octadecenoate (methyl oleate) *
2116 Methyl (9Z,12Z,15Z)-octadeca-9,12,15-trienoate (methyl α-linolenate) *
2124 3.6 Methyl octadecanoate (methyl stearate)
2311 0.7 Methyl (11Z)-11-eicosenoate
2324 1.1 Methyl eicosanoate (methyl arachate)
2424 tr Methyl heneicosanoate
2506 tr Methyl (13Z,16Z)-13,16-docosadienoate
2524 0.4 Methyl docosanoate (methyl behenate)
2624 tr Methyl tricosanoate
2724 0.2 Methyl tetracosanoate (methyl lignocerate)
100 Total
87.1 Unsaturated
12.9 Saturated

RI—experimentally determined retention index based on a homologous series of n-alkanes (C20-C40); tr—trace elements. * Compounds coeluted under the utilized chromatographic conditions.