Research Article
Quality of Cosmetic Argan Oil Extracted by Supercritical Fluid Extraction from Argania spinosa L.
Table 4
Fatty acid compositions of extracts obtained.
| Fatty acid | Fatty acid composition GC area (%) | SFE CO2 | Soxhlet | Traditionally extracted oila |
| Myristic (C14:0) | 0.3–0.4 | 0.3–0.4 | | Palmitic (C16:0) | 10.4–14.3 | 11.3–12.6 | | Stearic (C18:0) | 4.5–6.7 | 6.7–8.7 | | Oleic (C18:1) | 45.4–49.0 | 45.2–46.5 | | Linoleic (C18:2) | 29.2–34.8 | 32.4–33.2 | | Linolenic (C18:3) | 1.6–1.7 | 0.6–0.7 | Not detected |
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From Benzaria et al. [8].
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