Fatty Acid Composition and Lipid Profile of Diospyros mespiliformis, Albizia lebbeck, and Caesalpinia pulcherrima Seed Oils from Nigeria

Table 1

Fatty acid composition (g/100 g fatty acids) of A. lebbeck, C. pulcherrima, and D. mespiliformis seed oils.

Fatty acids	A. lebbeck	C. pulcherrima	D. mespiliformis
12:0	ND	0.2 ± 0.05	0.84 ± 0.10
14:0	ND	0.2 ± 0.02	0.82 ± 0.10
16:0	15.0 ± 0.50	16.3 ± 0.30	22.46 ± 0.30
16:1	0.9 ± 0.10	1.3 ± 0.10	0.42 ± 0.10
18:0	4.1 ± 0.10	11.6 ± 0.20	11.35 ± 0.20
18:1	18.3 ± 0.40	17.0 ± 0.50	24.23 ± 0.30
18:2	47.2 ± 0.50	49.8 ± 0.30	34.97 ± 0.40
18:3	0.4 ± 0.10	0.4± 0.30	0.52 ± 0.10
20:0	3.3 ± 0.10	1.4 ± 0.10	1.46 ± 0.10
20:1	0.3 ± 0.05	0.10 ± 0.03	ND
22:0	0.2 ± 0.00	0.8 ± 0.10	1.67 ± 0.30
22:1	6.30 ± 0.10	ND	ND
24:0	2.1 ± 0.10	0.8 ± 0.05	1.26 ± 0.20
24:1	1.9 ± 0.05	0.1 ± 0.00	ND
Unsaturated	75.3	68.7	60.14
Saturated	24.7	31.3	39.86

Values are mean ± standard deviation of triplicate determinations. ND = not detected.