A Critical Review of Croton as a Multipurpose Nonedible Tree Plant for Biodiesel Production towards Feedstock Diversification for Sustainable Energy

Table 4

Comparison of the fatty acid composition of the Croton plant oils (wt.%) [45].

Fatty acid	C. megalocarpus [43]	C. megalocarpus [46]	C. zambesicus [47]	C. gratissimus [48]	Jatropha curcas [43]
Lauric acid (C12 : 0)	0.11	—	1.10	—	0.14
Myristic acid (C14 : 0)	0.04	0.1	1.50	—	0.11
Palmitic acid (C16 : 0)	6.23	6.5	30.72	35.8	16.64
Palmitoleic acid (C16 : 1)	0.11	0.1	2.9	10.3	1.18
Heptadecenoic acid (C17 : 1)	—	0.1	—	—	—
Stearic acid C 18 : 0)	4.37	3.8	4.81	31.2	5.94
Oleic acid (C18 : 1)	9.95	11.6	33.28	8.7	37.25
Linolenic acid (C18 : 2)	74.31	72.7	21.47	15.9	38.03
Linolenic acid (C18 : 3)	3.62	3.5	2.93	5.9	0.25
Arachidic acid (C 20 : 0)	0.92	—	0.59	2.2	0.46
Erucic acid (C 22 : 1)	0.33	—	—	—	0