Quality of Cosmetic Argan Oil Extracted by Supercritical Fluid Extraction from Argania spinosa L.

Table 4

Fatty acid compositions of extracts obtained.

Fatty acid	Fatty acid composition GC area (%)
	SFE CO2	Soxhlet	Traditionally extracted oil^a
Myristic (C14:0)	0.3–0.4	0.3–0.4	0.42±0.01
Palmitic (C16:0)	10.4–14.3	11.3–12.6	13.49±0.05
Stearic (C18:0)	4.5–6.7	6.7–8.7	5.40±0.08
Oleic (C18:1)	45.4–49.0	45.2–46.5	41.19±0.15
Linoleic (C18:2)	29.2–34.8	32.4–33.2	38.90±0.22
Linolenic (C18:3)	1.6–1.7	0.6–0.7	Not detected

aFrom Benzaria et al. [8].