Review Article

Production and Use of Lipases in Bioenergy: A Review from the Feedstocks to Biodiesel Production

Table 5

Fatty acids profile of oleaginous fruits.

Fatty acids1BuritiOliveAvocadoPalm

12 : 0NRNRNR0.1–1.0
14 : 00.10.7<0.130.9–1.5
16 : 017.3–19.310–11.719.8–22.741.8–46.8
18 : 01.9–2.02.10.5–1.04.2–5.1
20 : 0NR0.48NR0.2–0.7
16 : 1NR1.453.9–5.60.1–0.3
18 : 173.3–78.773.8–7860–7137.3–40.8
18 : 22.4–3.97.0–9.87.1–15.39.1–11.0
18 : 32.2NR0.4–1.0<0.6
% oil 8–1815–404–2520–24
References[10][1][11][12]

1 nomenclature, where represents the total number of carbon atoms and y represents the number of unsaturated bonds; NR: Not reported.