Research Article
Fatty Acid Composition and Lipid Profile of Diospyros mespiliformis, Albizia lebbeck, and Caesalpinia pulcherrima Seed Oils from Nigeria
Table 1
Fatty acid composition (g/100 g fatty acids) of A. lebbeck, C. pulcherrima, and D. mespiliformis seed oils.
| Fatty acids | A. lebbeck | C. pulcherrima | D. mespiliformis |
| 12:0 | ND | 0.2 ± 0.05 | 0.84 ± 0.10 | 14:0 | ND | 0.2 ± 0.02 | 0.82 ± 0.10 | 16:0 | 15.0 ± 0.50 | 16.3 ± 0.30 | 22.46 ± 0.30 | 16:1 | 0.9 ± 0.10 | 1.3 ± 0.10 | 0.42 ± 0.10 | 18:0 | 4.1 ± 0.10 | 11.6 ± 0.20 | 11.35 ± 0.20 | 18:1 | 18.3 ± 0.40 | 17.0 ± 0.50 | 24.23 ± 0.30 | 18:2 | 47.2 ± 0.50 | 49.8 ± 0.30 | 34.97 ± 0.40 | 18:3 | 0.4 ± 0.10 | 0.4± 0.30 | 0.52 ± 0.10 | 20:0 | 3.3 ± 0.10 | 1.4 ± 0.10 | 1.46 ± 0.10 | 20:1 | 0.3 ± 0.05 | 0.10 ± 0.03 | ND | 22:0 | 0.2 ± 0.00 | 0.8 ± 0.10 | 1.67 ± 0.30 | 22:1 | 6.30 ± 0.10 | ND | ND | 24:0 | 2.1 ± 0.10 | 0.8 ± 0.05 | 1.26 ± 0.20 | 24:1 | 1.9 ± 0.05 | 0.1 ± 0.00 | ND | Unsaturated | 75.3 | 68.7 | 60.14 |
| Saturated | 24.7 | 31.3 | 39.86 |
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Values are mean ± standard deviation of triplicate determinations. ND = not detected.
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