Research Article

Chemical Composition of Iran's Pistacia atlantica Cold-Pressed Oil

Table 2

Sterol composition of Pistacia atlantica seed oil (%).

ConstituentValue

Cholesterol 0 . 4 4 ± 0 . 0 2
Campesterol 4 . 3 5 ± 0 . 0 4
Stigmasterol 0 . 9 8 ± 0 . 0 2
Betasitosterol 8 7 . 7 3 ± 0 . 1 6
Delta-5-avenasterol 2 . 2 8 ± 0 . 0 4
Delta-7-avenasterol 1 . 0 4 ± 0 . 0 6
Delta-5,23-stigmastadienol 1 . 1 9 ± 0 . 0 2
Others1.59