Journal of Chemistry

Research Article

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

Table 3

Fatty acid composition (%) in edible vegetable oils*.

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

Almond oil

0.02^a

6.73^ab

0.48^a

0.05^ab

1.78^ab

66.69^ef

23.9^b

0.11^ab

0.14^a

0.07

0.03^a

Wheat germ oil

0.12^ab

21.1^e

0.12^a

0.09^ab

2.79^abc

15.84^a

53.0^d

1.73^e

4.68^b

0.24^ab

0.04

0.20^ab

Sunflower oil

0.05^ab

4.98^a

0.10^a

0.04^ab

3.24^abc

53.11^d

37.8^c

0.10^ab

0.28^a

0.04^a

0.03

0.22^ab

Linseed oil

5.88^ab

0.03^a

0.02^a

3.10^abc

20.50^ab

15.0^ab

0.06^ab

55.2^d

0.04^a

0.05

0.10^a

Walnut oil

0.13^bc

8.02^ab

0.23^a

0.18^ab

4.64^cd

26.31^b

60.4^de

0.02^a

0.05^a

0.04^a

0.03

0.01^a

Avocado oil

0.14^bc

16.3^d

4.59^b

0.34^b

1.50^a

60.61^de

14.7^ab

0.36^abcd

0.73^a

0.09^a

0.11

0.50^b

Sesame oil

9.82^bc

0.11^a

0.02^a

5.96^d

41.12^c

41.8^c

0.30^abcd

0.51^a

0.12^a

0.10

0.18^ab

Grape seed oil

0.05^ab

7.66^ab

0.03^a

0.11^ab

4.53^cd

17.65^ab

69.3^e

0.16^abc

0.33^a

0.02^a

0.04

0.13^a

Soybean oil

0.06^ab

9.17^abc

0.08^a

0.08^ab

3.81^bc

24.44^ab

54.0^d

0.05^a

8.03^c

0.05

0.24^ab

Pumpkin oil

0.22^c

15.6^d

0.15^a

3.38^abc

24.52^ab

54.7^d

0.64^d

0.43^a

0.17

0.16^ab

Olive oil

13.6^cd

0.50^a

3.28^abc

75.40^f

5.50^a

0.55^cd

0.78^a

0.42^b

0.03^a

Argan oil

0.12^b

12.7^cd

0.08^a

0.02^a

5.83^d

45.59^c

34.6^c

0.40^bcd

0.35^a

0.17^a

0.05

0.07^a

SEM

0.0064

0.2575

0.0298

0.0173

0.1153

0.5024

0.5200

0.0233

0.1665

0.0152

0.0084

0.0183

value

<0.0001

0.0070

<0.0001

<0.001

*Values are expressed as means ± SEM.
^a,b,c,d,e,fDifferent superscripts indicate significant differences between oils (one-way ANOVA followed by Tuckey test, ).
ND: not detected. NS: not significant ().