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Table 2.

FAME profile of avocado oil extracted by different treatments

FAMEs	Acid	CE*	US-CE*	Control*
C14	Myristic	Nd	0.08 ± 0.07^a**	0.01 ± 0.03^a
C16	Palmitic	24.17 ± 0.51ª	22.51 ± 1.04^a	5.37 ± 0.48^b
C16:1	Palmitoleic	15.71 ± 0.37ª	14.46 ± 0.89^a	4.66 ± 0.22^b
C17:1	Heptadecenoic	Nd	Nd	0.31 ± 0.17
C18	Stearic	0.44 ± 0.07ª	0.26 ± 0.09^a	1.39 ± 0.33^a
C18:1 (trans)	Elaidic	Nd	Nd	1.35 ± 0.20
C18:1 (cis)	Oleic	39.06 ± 0.41ª	21.43 ± 2.72^b	9.25 ± 0.72^c
C18:2 (cis)	Linoleic	Nd	0.51 ± 0.24^a	0.91 ± 0.29^a
C18:2 (trans)	Conjugated α-linolenic	14.49 ± 0.40ª	10.89 ± 0.38^b	6.93 ± 0.35^c
C20	Arachidic	Nd	1.58 ± 0.42^a	1.46 ± 0.37^a
C18:3 (n-6)	γ-linolenic	0.78 ± 0.08ª	2.22 ± 0.42^a	1.49 ± 0.33^a
C18:3 (n-3)	α-linolenic (ALA)	Nd	11.53 ± 0.93^a	4.18 ± 0.62^a
C21	Heneicosanoic	Nd	2.24 ± 0.50^a	3.48 ± 0.18^a
C20:2	Eicosadienoic	Nd	1.75 ± 0.44^b	6.33 ± 0.43^a
C22	Behenic	Nd	1.49 ± 0.41^b	7.42 ± 0.29^a
C22:1	Erucic	Nd	0.11 ± 0.11^b	6.56 ± 0.22^a
C20:3 (n-6)	Dihomo-γ-linolenic	Nd	1.58 ± 0.39^b	6.56 ± 0.22^a
C20:3 (n-3)	Eicosatrienoic	Nd	1.14 ± 0.34^b	7.06 ± 0.48^a
C20:4	Arachidonic	Nd	1.84 ± 0.44^a	3.89 ± 0.32^a
C23	Tricosanoic	Nd	1.25 ± 0.37^b	7.69 ± 0.34^a
C22:2	Docosadienoic	0.01 ± 0.05^b	1.12 ± 0.35^b	5.20 ± 0.11^a
C24	Lignoceric	Nd	1.17 ± 0.34^a	3.65 ± 0.36^a
C20:5 (EPA n-3)	Eicosapentaenoic	Nd	0.71 ± 0.26^b	1.86 ± 0.41^a
C24:1	Nervonic	Nd	0.11 ± 0.11^a	2.97 ± 0.34^a
C22:6 (n-3)	Docosahexaenoic	Nd	0.01 ± 0.03	Nd
SFAs		24.60 ± 0.51^b	32.42 ± 0.46^a	30.47 ± 0.29^a
MUFAs		54.77 ± 0.24ª	36.10 ± 1.12^b	25.11 ± 0.65^b
PUFAs		15.27 ± 0.41^b	33.30 ± 1.21^ab	44.41 ± 0.71^a
UFAs		70.04 ± 0.43ª	69.40 ± 0.46^a	69.52 ± 0.29^a
UFAs/SFAs		2.87 ± 0.16ª	2.28 ± 0.15^b	2.28 ± 0.09^b
ω-3		Nd	13.38 ± 0.92^a	13.11 ± 0.56^a
ω-6		15.29 ± 0.40^b	19.92 ± 0.79^b	31.31 ± 0.44^a
ω-6/ω-3		00.00 ± 0.00^b	1.99 ± 0.32^a	2.48 ± 0.22^a

CE (Cold extraction), US-CE (ultrasound-assisted cold extraction), Control (Hexane)

FAMEs, fatty acids methyl esters; SFAs, Saturated fatty acids; MUFAs, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFAs, Polyunsaturated fatty acids; UFAs, unsaturated fatty acids; ω, omega fatty acid; nd, not detected

*Units in area percentage

**The values followed by different letters in the same line differ statistically (p < 0.05)