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

Table 2

Sum of fatty acids in virgin argan oil*.

Sample number	ΣSFA	ΣMUFA	ΣPUFA	ΣPUFA n-3	ΣPUFA n-6	SFA/PUFA	n-6/n-3 ratio
1						0.60	75.0
2						0.55	82.2
3						0.54	105
4						0.51	160
5						0.55	102
6						0.55	89.4
7						0.58	87.8
8						0.56	90.3
9						0.56	87.2
10						0.49	91.6
11						0.53	72.2
12						0.56	92.8
13						0.55	272
14						0.53	238
Mean	19.2	45.8	34.9	0.34	34.6	0.55	117
SD	0.84	1.60	1.29	0.11	1.32	0.03	63.0

*Values are expressed as means ± standard deviation (SD). ΣSFA = sum of myristic, palmitic, margaric, stearic, arachidic, behenic, and lignoceric acids; ΣMUFA = sum of palmitoleic, oleic, and gadoleic acids; ΣPUFA = sum of linoleic and linolenic acids; ΣPUFA n-3 = linolenic acid; ΣPUFA n-6 = linoleic acid.