. 2023 Feb 27:1–16. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s11947-023-03038-9

Table 2.

Compounds present in oils obtained from chamomile seeds determined by GC/MS

Compounds	Fr I (%)	Fr I + Et (%)	Fr^E I + Et (%)	Fr II (%)	Fr II + Et (%)	Fr^E II + Et (%)
α-Bisabolol oxide B	0.35^a ± 0.10	1.16^a ± 0.01	/	/	/	/
α-Bisabolol oxide A	0.33^b ± 0.09	1.35^a ± 0.11	0.05^b ± 0.02	/	/	/
Palmitic acid (C16:0)	10.80^a,b,c ± 0.63	11.57^a,b ± 0.13	11.60^a ± 0.08	9.80^b,c ± 0.32	9.25^c ± 0.28	9.16^c ± 0.11
Palmitoleic (C16:1)	0.10^a ± 0.01	0.60^a ± 0.06	0.23^a ± 0.13	0.26^a ± 0.16	0.52^a ± 0.12	0.53^a ± 0.14
Stearic acid (C18:0)	1.57^a ± 0.17	1.47^a ± 0.48	1.51^a ± 0.10	1.56^a ± 0.05	1.20^a ± 0.06	1.19^a ± 0.06
Oleic acid (C18:1)	10.72^a,b ± 0.17	11.75^a ± 0.42	10.80^a,b ± 0.19	8.98^c ± 0.21	8.58^c ± 0.16	8.70^c ± 0.14
Elaidic acid (C18:1)	1.67^a ± 0.08	2.30^a ± 0.20	1.95^a ± 0.33	1.06^b ± 0.02	1.79^a ± 0.15	1.78^a ± 0.13
Linoleic acid (C18:2)	72.23^c,d ± 0.52	63.19^e ± 1.18	69.48^d ± 0.46	77.58^a,b ± 0.05	77.83^a ± 0.36	75.48^a,b,c ± 0.29
α-Linolenic acid (C18:3)	0.65^a ± 0.11	1.35^a ± 0.32	0.48^a ± 0.13	0.08^b ± 0.03	t	t
Arachidonic acid (C20:4)	0.48^a ± 0.20	1.10^a ± 0.17	0.52^a ± 0.06	/	/	/
Total content	98.88 ± 1.42	95.82 ± 0.33	96.60 ± 0.09	99.31 ± 0.28	99.17 ± 0.82	96.83 ± 0.59
SFA	12.37 ± 0.80	13.04 ± 0.36	13.11 ± 0.02	11.36 ± 0.27	10.45 ± 0.33	10.35 ± 0.17
UFA	85.84 ± 1.10	80.28 ± 0.13	83.44 ± 0.12	87.95 ± 0.01	88.72 ± 0.49	86.48 ± 0.42
PUFA	73.36 ± 1.42	65.63 ± 0.69	70.47 ± 0.53	77.65 ± 0.02	77.83 ± 0.36	75.48 ± 0.29

SFA saturated fatty acids, PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acid, UFA total unsaturated fatty acids, t found in traces

Different letters in the superscript represent significant differences (p < 0.05) (comparisons were made row-wise)