Chemical Composition and Validation of the Ethnopharmacological Reported Antimicrobial Activity of the Body Fat of Phrynops geoffroanus Used in Traditional Medicine

Table 1

GC/MS characterization of the methyl esters of the fatty acids in oil from the body fat of P. geoffroanus.

Name	Tr (min)^a	(%)
Perlagonic acid	11,43	2,04
Pentadecylic acid	19,09	3,68
Palmitoleic acid	22,31	58,39
Caprylic acid	23,98	0,84
Linoleic acid	24,63	4,50
Linolenic acid	24,72	2,28
Oleic acid	24,83	15,70
Erucic acid	24,90	3,76
Palmitic acid	25,13	6,82
Saturated esters	—	13,38
Unsaturated esters	—	84,63
Total	—	98,01

aRetention time.