Research Article
Ultrasonic Extraction of Oil from Caesalpinia spinosa (Tara) Seeds
Table 3
Fatty acid compositions (% of total fatty acids) of tara seed oils extracted by different methods.
| Fatty acid | Ultrasonic assisted extraction (%) | Soxhlet extraction (%) |
| C16:1 | 9.03 | 11.69 | C16:2 | 0.41 | 0.42 | C18:1 | 3.01 | 3.93 | C18:2 | 10.96 | 14.28 | C18:3 | 69.94 | 62.32 | C18:4 | 0.9 | 1.14 | C20:1 | 0.47 | 0.52 | C22:1 | 1.96 | 1.96 |
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