Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Babassu Oil and Development of a Microemulsion System for Topical Delivery

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Skeleton</td><td class="align_center">Compound</td><td class="align_center">Area (%) ± St Dev</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">C12:0</td><td class="align_center">Dodecanoic acid</td><td class="align_center">40.78 ± 1.56</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">C13:0</td><td class="align_center">Tridecanoic acid</td><td class="align_center">0.03 ± 0.01</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">C14:0</td><td class="align_center">Tetradecanoic acid</td><td class="align_center">20.05 ± 0.27</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">C16:0</td><td class="align_center">Hexadecanoic acid</td><td class="align_center">12.26 ± 0.59</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">C18:2n6c</td><td class="align_center">(Z,Z)-9,12-Octadecadienoic acid</td><td class="align_center">2.39 ± 0.29</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">C18:1n9c</td><td class="align_center">(Z)-9-Octadecenoic acid</td><td class="align_center">21.35 ± 0.36</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">C18:0</td><td class="align_center">Octadecanoic acid</td><td class="align_center">2.64 ± 0.09</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Fatty acid composition of babassu oil from Chapada do Araripe, Brazil.

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Table 2: Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Babassu Oil and Development of a Microemulsion System for Topical Delivery 