Table 1.

Chemical composition of olive pomace oil (OPO), sunflower oil (SO), and corn oil (CO).

	OPO	SO	CO
Fatty acids (%)
C 12:0 (Lauric acid)	-	<0.01	0.01
C 14:0 (Myristic acid)	0.02	0.08	0.04
C 16:0 (Palmitic acid)	10.78	6.43	10.60
C 16:1 (Palmitoleic acid)	0.84	0.14	0.15
C 17:0 (Margaric acid)	0.06	0.03	0.07
C 17:1 (Margaroleic acid)	0.10	0.03	0.05
C 18:0 (Stearic acid)	3.10	3.63	2.03
C 18:1 (Oleic acid)	74.32	29.76	35.36
C 18:2 (Linoleic acid)	9.02	58.46	50.52
C 20:0 (Arachidic acid)	0.48	0.26	0.48
C 18:3 (Linolenic acid)	0.68	0.09	0.04
C 20:1 (Eicosenoic acid)	0.33	0.16	0.31
C 22:0 (Behenic acid)	0.19	0.69	0.17
C 22:1 (Erucic acid)	-	<0.01	<0.01
C 24:0 (Lignoceric acid)	0.08	0.24	0.17
Trans Oleic (t-C18:1)	0.28	0.03	0.02
Trans Linoleic + Trans Linolenic (t-C18:2 + t-C18:3)	0.15	0.19	1.15
Squalene (ppm)
Squalene (ppm)	675	314	548
Tocopherols (mg/kg)
α-Tocopherol (Vit. E)	195	217	33
β-Tocopherol	<2	9	<2
γ-Tocopherol	<2	<2	205
δ -Tocopherol	<2	<2	6
Tocotrienols (mg/kg)
A-Tocotrienol	-	-	10
β-Tocotrienol	-	-	<2
Υ-Tocotrienol	-	-	5
Δ-Tocotrienol	-	-	<2
Sterols (%)
Cholesterol	0.19	0.12	0.21
Brassicasterol	<0.10	<0.1	0.62
24-Methylcholesterol	<0.10	0.12	0.92
Campesterol	3.06	8.40	20.75
Campestanol	0.16	0.07	0.92
Stigmasterol	1.23	6.90	6.85
Δ7-Campesterol	<0.10	2.70	<0.10
Δ5,23-Stigmastadienol	0.32	0.34	<0.10
Clerosterol	1.08	0.66	0.70
β-Sitosterol	88.64	53.67	61.09
Sitostanol	1.44	0.64	2.11
Δ5-Avenasterol	1.82	3.08	3.90
Δ5,24-Stigmastadienol	1.35	1.08	0.51
Δ7-Stigmastenol	0.50	16.29	0.63
Δ7-Avenasterol	0.19	5.93	0.78
Δ-Sitosterol apparent	94.65	59.47	68.31
Total Sterols (ppm)	3344.2	2820.5	8962.0
Triterpenic alcohols (mg/kg)
Erythrodiol + Uvaol	745	<1.0	<1.0
Phenols (mg/kg)
Total phenols	<1.0	<1.0	<1.0
Triterpenic acids (mg/kg)
Oleanolic acid	187	<2.0	<2.0
Ursolic acid	<2.0	<2.0	<2.0
Maslinic acid	<2.0	<2.0	<2.0
Aliphatic alcohols (mg/kg)
C22 + C24 + C26 + C28	1681	38	29