Table 2.

Fatty acid composition of different varieties of silkworm pupae oil [9,12,19,26,27,28].

Fatty Acids (Percentage of Fatty Acids)	Chemical Structure	Bombyx mori	Eri Silkworm Pupae	Mulberry Silkworm Pupae	Antheraea pernyi	Sunflower Oil
Myristic acid (C14:0)		0.1	ND	0.18	NA	NA
Palmitic acid (C16:0)		24.2	26.98	23.18	17.25	5.6
Palmitoleic acid (C16:1)		1.7	1.82	1.07	1.14	NA
Stearic acid (C18:0)		4.5	4.73	4.69	2.23	2.2
Oleic acid (C18:1)		26.0	15.89	28.32	29.15	25.1
Linoleic acid (C18:2)		7.3	5.49	3.88	7.14	66.2
α-Linolenic acid (C18:3)		36.3	44.73	38.25	40.28	NA
Saturated fatty acids	—	28.8	31.71	28.05	19.48	7.8
Monounsaturated fatty acids	—	27.7	17.71	29.39	30.29	25.1
Polyunsaturated fatty acids	—	43.6	50.22	42.13	47.42	66.2

Values are expressed as a percentage of fatty acids. NA: data not available.