Research Article

Nutritional Composition, -Glucosidase Inhibitory and Antioxidant Activities of Ophiopogon japonicus Tubers

Table 4

Fatty acid composition of O. japonicus tubers (mg/100 g DW).

Fatty acidWeight

Hexadecanoic acid413.4 ± 10.2
Heptadecanoic acid8.1 ± 0.9
Linoleic acid643.3 ± 11.7
Linolenic acid112.1 ± 7.3
Octadecanoic acid41.9 ± 4.1

Values are expressed as mean ± SD of three determinations.