. 2021 Jul 1;8:157. doi: 10.1038/s41438-021-00591-2

Table 1.

The content of the main functional components of C. oleifera samples at different maturities

Physiological characteristics	S1	S2	S3	S4
Phenylpropanoid content (mg/g)	4.021 ± 0.041^a	4.028 ± 0.049^a	3.895 ± 0.014^b	3.886 ± 0.081^b
Total flavonoid content (mg/g)	6.821 ± 0.060^a	5.349 ± 0.010^b	4.631 ± 0.000^c	3.401 ± 0.026^d
Oil content (%)	25.523 ± 0.837^c	28.971 ± 0.474^b	41.244 ± 0.223^a	42.012 ± 0.937^a
Fatty acid content (g/100 g)
Palmitic acid (C16:0)	10.799 ± 0.094^a	9.607 ± 0.063^b	9.187 ± 0.059^c	7.905 ± 0.022^d
Palmitoleic acid (C16:1)	0.083 ± 0.002^a	0.051 ± 0.002^b	0.036 ± 0.001^c	0.026 ± 0.001^d
Margaric acid (C17:0)	0.035 ± 0.001^b	0.041 ± 0.000^a	0.015 ± 0.000^d	0.025 ± 0.001^c
Stearic acid (C18:0)	1.815 ± 0.017^d	2.232 ± 0.022^a	2.057 ± 0.010^b	1.931 ± 0.015^c
Oleic acid (C18:1)	62.921 ± 0.393^b	68.514 ± 0.328^a	60.888 ± 0.116^c	54.689 ± 0.242^d
Linoleic acid (C18:2)	11.041 ± 0.061^a	9.600 ± 0.049^b	8.884 ± 0.063^c	6.662 ± 0.016^d
Linolenic acid (C18:3)	0.830 ± 0.005^a	0.565 ± 0.003^b	0.416 ± 0.006^c	0.266 ± 0.003^d
Arachidic acid (C20:0)	nd	0.025 ± 0.000	nd	nd
Eicosenic acid (C20:1)	0.466 ± 0.006^a	0.469 ± 0.004^a	0.426 ± 0.011^b	0.360 ± 0.002^c
Tetracosanoic acid (C24:0)	0.079 ± 0.001	0.062 ± 0.001	nd	nd
Tetracosenic acid (C24:1)	0.081 ± 0.001^a	0.047 ± 0.001^b	0.035 ± 0.000^c	0.017 ± 0.000^d
SFAs	12.650 ± 0.083^a	11.880 ± 0.084^b	11.258 ± 0.069^c	9.862 ± 0.024^d
MUFAs	63.551 ± 0.398^b	69.082 ± 0.331^a	61.385 ± 0.127^c	55.091 ± 0.239^d
PUFAs	11.870 ± 0.063^a	10.164 ± 0.046^b	9.301 ± 0.057^c	6.928 ± 0.016^d
MUFAs/PUFAs	5.354 ± 0.006^d	6.796 ± 0.011^b	6.600 ± 0.028^c	7.952 ± 0.048^a
Oleic acid/linoleic acid	5.699 ± 0.004^d	7.137 ± 0.013^b	6.853 ± 0.036^c	8.209 ± 0.048^a

S1, nutrition synthesis stage; S2, fat accumulation stage; S3, mature stage; and S4, late mature stage. Each value is expressed as the mean ± standard deviation; different small letters within a row indicate significant differences (p < 0.05)

nd not detected