Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties of Cactus Pear (Opuntia) Seed Oils

Figure 4

Chromatograms of FAMEs of cactus pear seed oil extract. (a) Green cactus pear seed oil extract; (b) red cactus pear seed oil extract. In both oils extracts were identified: myristic (C14:0), palmitic (C16:0), palmitoleic (C16:1, cis-9), hexadecadienoic (C16:2, cis-9, 12), margaric (C17:0), stearic (C18:0), oleic (C18:1, cis-9), linoleic (C18:2, cis-9, 12), except linolenic (C18:3, cis-6, 9, 12), and behenic (C22:0) fatty acids that were identified only in red cactus pear seed.

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