Insights into Geographic and Temporal Variation in Fatty Acid Composition of Croton Nuts Using ATR-FTIR

Table 2

GC-MS relative percent fatty acid values.

	CH2Cl2 Extract		Cold Press		Cold Press	Not stated
FA	Mean	± 1s	Mean	± 1s	Wu [10]	Kafuku [11]
C14:0	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.04	0.10
C16:0	3.49	0.78	3.56	0.73	6.23	6.50
C18:0	4.34	0.84	4.72	0.95	4.37	3.80
C18:1	9.11	2.01	10.06	2.54	9.95	11.60
C18:2	76.57	2.61	75.46	3.39	74.31	72.70
C18:3	5.74	1.72	5.39	1.63	3.62	3.50
C20:0	0.17	0.12	0.18	0.11	0.92
C20:1	0.48	0.29	0.55	0.32		0.90
C20:2	0.07	0.07	0.05	0.04		0.20

Trace levels (< 0.02%) of C16:1, C16:2, C17:0, C17:1, C17:2 and C22:0 were also detected.
Multiple isomers were observed in each chromatogram and these were added together.