Chemical Composition of Urtica simensis Grown in Different Regions of Ethiopia

Table 3

Relative percentage composition of fatty acids detected in leaves of Urtica simensis collected from six different districts in Ethiopia.

Peak no.	Name, symbol	Dilla	Bule	Hula	Adaba	Dodola	Dima	Mean	SD
1	Lauric acid, C12 : 0	0.19	0.17	0.10	0.17	0.13	0.09	0.14	0.04
2	Myristic acid, C14 : 0	ND	0.07	0.04	0.10	0.13	0.04	0.08	0.04
3	Hypogeic acid, C16 : 1 (n − 9)	ND	0.49	0.06	0.38	0.42	0.06	0.28	0.21
4	Palmitoleic acid, C16 : 1 (n − 7)	1.66	2.20	1.89	2.27	2.04	2.25	2.05	0.24
5	Palmitic acid, C16 : 0	18.6	19.9	16.6	20.8	18.0	16.2	18.4	1.80
6	Margaric acid, C17 : 0	0.16	0.18	0.13	0.18	0.15	0.12	0.15	0.03
7	Linoleic acid, C18 : 2 (n − 6)	12.6	15.3	17.9	17.5	15.5	23.9	17.1	3.80
8	α-Linolenic acid, C18 : 3 (n − 3)	38.9	40.6	47.4	34.0	34.4	45.4	40.1	5.50
9	Oleic acid, C18 : 1 (n − 9)	0.54	0.61	0.40	0.52	0.63	0.42	0.52	0.10
10	Stearic acid, C18 : 0	2.97	3.12	2.28	3.71	3.15	2.22	2.91	0.57
11	Dihomo-γ-linolenic acid, C20 : 3 (n − 6)	ND	0.14	0.38	ND	ND	ND	0.26	0.17
12	Arachidonic acid, C20 : 4 (n − 6)	ND	0.38	0.23	ND	ND	ND	0.31	0.10
13	Arachidic acid, C20 : 0	11.8	8.72	6.21	8.33	12.6	4.29	8.67	3.19
14	Heneicosylic acid, C21 : 0	0.82	0.60	0.38	0.86	0.65	0.32	0.60	0.22
15	Behenic acid, C22 : 0	7.10	4.64	3.71	6.91	6.58	2.29	5.20	1.97
16	Lignoceric acid, C24 : 0	4.68	2.90	2.30	4.24	5.48	2.29	3.65	1.34

ND is not detected.