Importance of New Edible Oil Extracted from Seeds of Seven Cereals Species

Table 7

Number and amount of the different fatty acids fractions of triticale, oat, maize, and pearl millet varieties.

	Triticale		Oat		Maize	P. millet
	Tcl3	Tcl4	Bysantina	Fretissa	Grombalia	Médenine
TFAn	7	7	8	8	8	8
SFAn	3	3	3	3	3	3
% SFA	20.76	20.76	25.58	25.58	22.75	22.75
MUSFAn	2	2	3	3	3	3
% MUSFA	16.42	16.42	50.47	50.47	27.57	27.57
PUSFAn	2	2	2	2	2	2
% PUSFA	62.78	62.78	23.92	23.92	49.65	49.65
PU/MU (R1)	3.82	3.82	0.47	0.47	1.80	1.80
U/ S (R2)	3.81	3.81	2.90	2.90	3.39	3.39

TFAn: total fatty acids number; SFAn: saturated fatty acids number; % SFA: % of saturated fatty acids; MUSFAn: monounsaturated fatty acid number; %MUSFA: % of monounsaturated fatty acids; PUSFAn: polyunsaturated fatty acid number; % PUSFA: % of polyunsaturated fatty acids; PU/MU: polyunsaturated/monounsaturated (R1); U/S: unsaturated/saturated (R2).