Research Article

Effect of Maturity and Environmental Conditions on Chemical Composition of Olive Oils of Introduced Cultivars in Morocco

Table 6

Fatty acid composition (%) of the virgin olive oils of three cultivars grown in Marrakech (Morocco) during the two crop seasons (2016 and 2017).

CultivarsC16 : 0C18 : 1C18 : 2ƩSFAƩPUFAƩMUFAMUFA/PUFA

2016Languedoc Picholine 115.37 ± 0.07c62.04 ± 0.11h17.65 ± 0.05f15.40 ± 0.07e18.96 ± 0.01f62.24 ± 0.10e3.28 ± 0.00h
Languedoc Picholine 215.24 ± 0.04c58.57 ± 0.14g21.83 ± 0.04c15.30 ± 0.03e23.19 ± 0.02c58.71 ± 0.11g2.53 ± 0.00l
Languedoc Picholine 314.67 ± 0.08d56.34 ± 0.06k24.21 ± 0.02b14.73 ± 0.07f25.71 ± 0.04b56.50 ± 0.04h2.20 ± 0.00m
Moroccan Picholine 111.69 ± 0.01g72.50 ± 0.26a11.27 ± 0.04m11.72 ± 0.01i12.55 ± 0.03n72.60 ± 0.23a5.78 ± 0.01b
Moroccan Picholine 211.43 ± 0.02h69.74 ± 0.18b13.84 ± 0.02j11.49 ± 0.01i15.21 ± 0.05k69.92 ± 0.16b4.60 ± 0.00e
Moroccan Picholine 310.92 ± 0.03j65.31 ± 0.01f18.21 ± 0.00e11.00 ± 0.04j19.65 ± 0.13e65.53 ± 0.03d3.34 ± 0.02gh
Frantoio 116.25 ± 0.03a65.15 ± 0.73f16.55 ± 0.03h16.28 ± 0.04d17.40 ± 0.02f65.25 ± 0.15i3.75 ± 0.01i
Frantoio 216.21 ± 0.09ab60.10 ± 0.13i17.03 ± 0.07g16.26 ± 0.08d17.90 ± 0.09h60.24 ± 0.11f3.37 ± 0.01
Frantoio 311.40 ± 0.03h55.08 ± 0.15l18.09 ± 0.01e11.42 ± 0.03i18.99 ± 0.01f55.15 ± 0.14i2.90 ± 0.01i

2017Languedoc Picholine 114.85 ± 0.07d63.88 ± 0.14g16.10 ± 0.14i17.01 ± 0.05c17.13 ± 0.06j64.64 ± 0.45d3.77 ± 0.01f
Languedoc Picholine 214.27 ± 0.10e60.63 ± 0.04i20.68 ± 0.02d16.28 ± 0.05d21.72 ± 0.02d61.31 ± 0.21e2.83 ± 0.01j
Languedoc Picholine 313.23 ± 0.03f55.81 ± 0.39kl25.56 ± 0.09a14.88 ± 0.32e26.65 ± 0.09a56.45 ± 0.24h2.13 ± 0.00m
Moroccan Picholine 111.71 ± 0.03g71.11 ± 0.05b12.43 ± 0.05l13.66 ± 0.06g13.48 ± 0.05m71.93 ± 0.20a5.36 ± 0.00c
Moroccan Picholine 211.31 ± 0.21hi66.76 ± 0.72e16.48 ± 0.22h13.47 ± 0.17h17.66 ± 0.13i67.55 ± 0.73c3.83 ± 0.01f
Moroccan Picholine 311.07 ± 0.11ij61.02 ± 0.06hi21.98 ± 0.02c13.36 ± 0.10gh23.18 ± 0.08c61.73 ± 0.02e2.67 ± 0.01k
Frantoio 115.24 ± 0.08c68.37 ± 0.10d10.02 ± 0.11n17.05 ± 0.03b10.76 ± 0.05o69.81 ± 0.88b6.54 ± 0.05a
Frantoio 215.97 ± 0.04b66.03 ± 0.20ef13.53 ± 0.08k17.69 ± 0.03b14.18 ± 0.12l67.66 ± 0.23c4.77 ± 0.06d
Frantoio 316.45 ± 0.08a59.98 ± 0.48i17.65 ± 0.01f19.14 ± 0.13a18.53 ± 0.0.08g61.69 ± 0.32e3.35 ± 0.03gh

SFA: saturated fatty acid; MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acid. Each value is an average of three determinations, and values in the same row with different letters show statistically significant differences ().