Chemical Characterization and Oxidative Stability of Medium- and Long-Chain Fatty Acid Profiles in Tree-Borne Seed Oils

Table 1

Fatty acid profiles in tree-borne seed oils.

Fatty acid	Composition (%)
	JCT	KOE	JLT	MPA	ORT	TUT
Capric acid (C10 : 0)	30.22 ± 0.03	nd	nd	nd	nd	nd
Lauric acid (C12 : 0)	65.83 ± 0.03	nd	nd	nd	nd	nd
Myristic acid (C14 : 0)	1.02 ± 0.01	nd	nd	nd	nd	nd
Palmitic acid (C16 : 0)	0.38 ± 0.01	9.80 ± 0.01	13.82 ± 0.06	11.26 ± 0.03	6.75 ± 0.01	3.84 ± 0.01
Stearic acid (C18 : 0)	nd	2.61 ± 0.01	3.52 ± 0.01	1.85 ± 0.01	3.98 ± 0.01	2.89 ± 0.01
Arachidic acid (C20 : 0)	nd	nd	nd	nd	0.85 ± 0.01	nd
Behenic acid (C22 : 0)	nd	nd	nd	nd	0.43 ± 0.01	nd
ΣSaturated fatty acids	97.94 ± 0.04^a	12.35 ± 0.02^c	16.24 ± 0.07^b	13.24 ± 0.05^c	12.14 ± 0.02^c	6.76 ± 0.02^d
Palmitoleic acid (C16 : 1ω7)	nd	5.04 ± 0.01	0.72 ± 0.01	2.38 ± 0.01	0.53 ± 0.01	nd
Oleic acid (C18 : 1ω9)	1.82 ± 0.01	21.40 ± 0.09	20.54 ± 0.04	34.01 ± 0.01	31.38 ± 0.04	10.33 ± 0.05
Gondoic acid (C20 : 1ω9)	nd	nd	nd	0.50 ± 0.01	nd	nd
Nervonic acid (C24 : 1ω9)	nd	nd	nd	nd	nd	42.78 ± 0.76
ΣMonounsaturated fatty acids	1.82 ± 0.01^e	27.17 ± 0.09^c	21.08 ± 0.05^d	37.19 ± 0.02^b	32.10 ± 0.05^bc	53.34 ± 1.21^a
Linoleic acid (C18 : 2ω6)	0.73 ± 0.01	38.96 ± 0.04	60.41 ± 0.12	27.84 ± 0.01	18.65 ± 0.01	11.96 ± 0.01
Eicosadienoic acid (C20 : 2)	nd	nd	nd	0.40 ± 0.01	nd	nd
Linolenic acid (C18 : 3ω3)	nd	21.95 ± 0.04	0.99 ± 0.01	21.75 ± 0.02	35.13 ± 0.08	nd
Docosahexaenoic acid (C22 : 6ω3)	nd	nd	nd	nd	nd	28.21 ± 1.20
ΣPolyunsaturated fatty acids	0.73 ± 0.01^f	60.39 ± 0.06^b	62.01 ± 0.14^a	49.58 ± 0.03^d	55.01 ± 0.09^c	40.03 ± 1.32^e
Oil content (g/100 g)	20.17 ± 1.24^c	33.59 ± 2.01^a	24.60 ± 1.73^c	9.40 ± 0.72^d	29.6 ± 1.96^b	4.6 ± 0.28^e

Means with different letters (a–f) within a row are significantly different by Tukey’s multiple test ; nd = not detected.