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

Table 5

Eigenvalues and standardized coefficients of the discriminant functions from the discriminant analysis^a.

	Functions
	1	2	3	4	5	6
Eigenvalue	420.30	289.42	44.879	14.333	12.976	4.8675
% Variance	53.22	36.65	5.68	1.81	1.64	0.62
% Accumulated	53.22	89.87	95.55	97.36	98.00	99.62
Coefficients
Myristic C14:0
Palmitic C16:0
Palmitoleic C16:1
Margaric C17:0
Stearic C18:0
Oleic C18:1n9
Linoleic C18:2n6
Arachidic C20:0
Linolenic C18:3n3
Gadoleic C20:1
Behenic C22:0
Lignoceric C24:0

^aThe first six discriminant functions are shown.