Chemical Composition of Pistacia lentiscus Seeds’ Oil from Moroccan High Atlas Mountain

Table 2

Pistacia lentiscus seed oil fatty acids composition (%).

	TA	BO	TI	Dhifi et al., 2013 (Tunisia)	Charef et al., 2011 (Algeria)		Olive oilCOI, 2013	Rapeseed oil CODEX STAN 210-1999
					Pistacia.L (black seeds)	Pistacia.L (red seeds)
C16 : 0	22.55 ± 0.02	23.01 ± 0.04	20.51 ± 0.11	23.52 ± 3.01	19.5	16.3	7.50–20.00	1.5–6.0
C16 : 1	0.38 ± 0.16	0.44 ± 0.13	0.53 ± 0.23	1.19 ± 0.12	2.1	1.0	0.30–3.50	ND-3.0
C18 : 0	0.98 ± 0.20	1.05 ± 0.10	1.3 ± 0.05	1.41 ± 0.02	1.7	0.7	0.50–5.00	0.5–3.1
C18 : 1	52.5 ± 0.35	53.23 ± 0.53	51.56 ± 0.21	51.06 ± 4.37	55.3	53.5	55.0–83.00	8.0–60.0
C18 : 2	22.14 ± 0.44	20.95 ± 0.45	23.77 ± 0.38	20.71 ± 2.25	21.4	28.5	3.50–21.00	11.0–23.0
C18 : 3	1.45 ± 0.06	1.31 ± 0.02	1.54 ± 0.01	0.47 ± 0.10	—	—	<1.00	5.0–13.0
MUFA	52.88 ± 0.06	53.67 ± 0.02	52.43 ± 0.12	52.4 ± 7.18	57.4	54.5
PUFA	23.59 ± 0.51	22.27 ± 0.47	25.32 ± 0.38	21.18 ± 2.23	21.4	28.5
SFA	23.53 ± 0.65	24.07 ± 0.56	22.25 ± 0.48	26.42	21.2	17.0
MUFA/PUFA	2.24 ± 0.05	2.41 ± 0.05	2.07 ± 0.04	2.47	2.68	1.91
SFA/UFA	0.31 ± 0.01	0.32 ± 0.01	0.29 ± 0.01	0.35	0.27	0.2

MUFA monounsaturated fatty acids, MUFA polyunsaturated fatty acids, SFA saturated fatty acids, and UFA unsaturated fatty acids.