Spectroscopic and Thermooxidative Analysis of Organic Okra Oil and Seeds from Abelmoschus esculentus

Table 2

Percentage composition of fatty chains present in Okra seed oil obtained by GC/EM methodology.

Fatty acid	Composition of Okra seed lipids (%)
	Present study	(Savello, 1980)	(Al-Wandawi, 1983)
Myristic (C14 : 0)	0.19	0.24	0.30
Palmitic (C16 : 0)	28.74	33.72	39.14
Palmitoleic (C16 : 1)	0.31	0.56	—
Estearic (C18 : 0)	4.12	3.28	4.19
Oleic (C18 : 1)	20.38	17.88	55.92
Linoleic (C18 : 2)	44.48	42.15	0.10
Nonadecenoic (C19 : 1)	1.15	—	—
Eicosanoic (C20 : 0)	0.40	—	0.36
Docosanoic (C22 : 0)	0.22	0.16	—
Others	—	5.29	—