Characterization of Fatty Acid Profile of Argan Oil and Other Edible Vegetable Oils by Gas Chromatography and Discriminant Analysis

Table 1

Fatty acid composition (%) of virgin argan oil*.

Sample; number	Myristic	Palmitic	Palmitoleic	Margaric	Stearic	Oleic	Linoleic	Arachidic	Linolenic	Gadoleic	Behenic	Lignoceric
	C14:0	C16:0	C16:1	C17:0	C18:0	C18:1 n-9	C18:2 n-6	C20:0	C18:3 n-3	C20:1 n-9	C22:0	C24:0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10											ND
11											ND
12											ND
13
14
Mean	0.12	12.7	0.08	0.02	5.83	45.6	34.6	0.40	0.34	0.17	0.05	0.07
SD	0.01	0.71	0.02	0.01	1.02	1.60	1.32	0.10	0.11	0.07	0.08	0.07

*Values are expressed as means ± standard deviation (SD). ND = not detected.