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. 2014 Sep 27;23(2):201–209. doi: 10.1016/j.jfda.2014.06.007

Table 1.

Fatty acid profile of TC oil extracted by hexane extraction in different conditions.

Fatty acid Extraction

Maceration Maceration with temperature and shaking Soxhlet
Saturated fatty acid (S)
C16:0 33.08 ± 0.81a 33.72 ± 1.36a 31.38 ± 10.26a
C18:0 6.06 ± 0.21b 4.94 ± 0.54b 8.46 ± 0.41a
C20:0 0.75 ± 0.03b 0 1.03 ± 0.06a
Total 39.89 38.66 40.08
Monounsaturated fatty acid (M)
C18:1 24.65 ± 1.97a 28.42 ± 1.40a 31.72 ± 13.56a
Total 24.65 28.42 31.72
Polyunsaturated fatty acid (P)
C18:2 31.07 ± 0.92a 28.52 ± 1.39a,b 22.92 ± 3.77b
C18:3 0 0 0.11 ± 0.01a
Total 31.07 28.52 23.03
Unsaturated/saturated 1.4 1.5 1.4
S:M:P 1.6:1:1.3 1.4:1:1 1.7:1.4:1

Data are presented as mean ± SD unless otherwise indicated. Mean values with different letters in row are significantly different (p ≤ 0.05).