Research Article
Hepatoprotective and Antioxidant Activities of Oil from Baru Almonds (Dipteryx alata Vog.) in a Preclinical Model of Lipotoxicity and Dyslipidemia
Table 1
Fatty acids profile in the oil extracted from baru roasted almonds.
| Chain length | Common name | % Area | g/100 g |
| Saturated | 20.14 | 19.25 |
| C 16:0 | Palmitic | 6.14 | 5.87 | C 18:0 | Stearic | 4.54 | 4.34 | C 20:0 | Arachidic | 1.20 | 1.15 | C 22:0 | Behenic | 3.33 | 3.18 | C 23:0 | Tricosanoic | 0.08 | 0.08 | C 24:0 | Lignoceric | 4.85 | 4.64 |
| Monounsaturated | 49.58 | 47.40 |
| C 18:1 | Oleic | 46.71 | 44.65 | C 20:1 | Cis-11-eicosenoic | 2.87 | 2.74 |
| Polyunsaturated | 29.49 | 28.19 |
| C 18:2 | Linolenic | 29.34 | 28.05 | C 18:3 | α-linolenic | 0.15 | 0.14 |
| Not identified | 0.79 | 0.76 |
| TOTAL | 100.0 | |
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Content of fatty acids in 100g of baru oil. |