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

Table 5

Triacylglycerol molecular species composition (wt.%) of B. nitida and G. sepium.

ECN	Expected molecular species	A. lebbeck	C. pulcherrima	D. mespiliformis
C36	LnLnLn	33.27 ± 0.50	15.16 ± 0.50	ND
C38	LLnLn	33.86 ± 0.20	21.51 ± 0.80	27.13 ± 0.30
C40	LLLn/LnLnP/LnLnO	13.17 ± 0.60	42.63 ± 0.30	41.11 ± 0.50
C42	LLL/LLNO/PLLn/SLnLn	7.00 ± 0.10	7.32 ± 0.20	12.40 ± 0.20
C44	LnOO/OLL/SLLN/PLL/PLnP	7.50 ± 0.30	8.11 ± 0.30	14.40 ± 0.20
C46	POL/OOL/PLP	3.20 ± 0.50	4.27 ± 0.10	3.10 ± 0.20
C48	SLnS/OOO/POP	2.00 ± 0.20	1.00 ± 0.10	1.86 ± 0.05

Values are mean ± standard deviation of triplicate determinations. ND = not detected.
Ln = linolenic acid, L = linoleic, O = oleic acid, P = palmitic acid, and S = steric acid.