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. 2022 Apr 24;27(9):2733. doi: 10.3390/molecules27092733

Table 1.

Physicochemical properties of different Amazonian vegetable oil by alphabetical order; (-): not reported.

Vegetal Oil Appearance (25 °C) Color Smell Acidity Index Peroxide Index Iodine Value Saponificatio Index Refractive Index Density Unsaponified Material (Bioactive) Fusion Point Reference
Acai Líquid Green Chara 1.20–1.60 mg KOH/g 1.26 meq H2O2/kg 70 g I2/100 g 175.69 mg KOH/g 1.481
(40 °C)
0.893 g/mL 2–3% - [72,73]
Andiroba Líquid Yellow to brown Chara 3.89 mg NaOH/g 1.96 meq O2/kg 89.77 g I2/100 g 232.84 mg KOH/g 1.4611
(40 °C)
0.98 g/mL 3–5% 22 °C [74]
Babassu Solid - Chara 3.47 mg KOH/g 2.40 meq O2/kg 14.0 g I2/100 g 265 mg
KOH/g
1.451
(40 °C)
0.9280 g/mL 0.40% 22–26 °C [75]
Buriti Liquid Red Chara 3.12 mg NaOH/g 14.12 meq O2/kg 74.64 g I2/100 g 192.88 mg KOH/g 1.4610
(40 °C)
0.909 g/mL 0.5% - [76]
Cumaru Liquid Green Chara 0.22 mg KOH/g <10 meq H2O2 kg 67 g I2/100 g 212.3 mg KOH/g 1.460
(40 °C)
0.935 g/mL 4.9% 69–73 °C [73]
Inchi Liquid Translucent yellow Chara 3 g NaOH/g 7.16 meq O2/kg 136.53 g I2/100 g 176.93 mg KOH/g 1.4734
(25 °C)
0.9065 g/mL 1.0% −14.33 °C [77]
Patawa Liquid Green Chara 2 mg NaOH/g <10.0 meq O2/kg 84 g I2/100 g 192 mg KOH/g 1.468
(40 °C)
0.9140 g/mL 1.30% 16 °C [78]
Pequi Liquid Yellow Chara 5.4 g NaOH/g 7.94 meq O2/kg 50 g I2/100 g 206.8 mg KOH/g - - - - [79]
Pracaxi Liquid Translucent yellow Chara 3 mg NaOH/g 5 meq O2/kg 68 g I2/100 g 170–180 mg KOH/g 1.461
(40 °C)
0.9173 g/mL <1.5% 18.5 °C [73]
Sacha inchi Liquid Translucent yellow Chara 0.10 mg NaOH/g 2.77 meq O2/kg 189.16 g I2/100 g 189.60 mg KOH/g 14.816
(20 °C)
0.9255 g/mL - - [80]
Tucuma Liquid Green Chara 5.47 mg NaOH/g 2.99 meq O2/kg 12.7 g I2/100 g 202.71 mg KOH/g 1.461
(40 °C)
0.9100 g/mL <1.8% 27 °C [81,82]