Effects of Fruit Maturity Stages on GC-FID Fatty Acid Profiles, Phenolic Contents, and Biological Activities of Eucalyptus marginata L.

Table 3

Fatty acid composition in vegetable oils of immature and mature Eucalyptus marginata L. fruits.

	Immature fruit stage (%)	Full maturation fruit stage (%)
Myristic acid (C14:0)	4.55 ± 0.00^a	1.52 ± 0.00^b
Palmitic acid (C16:0)	26.55 ± 0.05^a	14.48 ± 0.01^b
Stearic acid (C18:0)	3.35 ± 0.08^a	4.84 ± 0.00^b
Z-Vaccenic (C18:1n-7) + oleic (C18:1n-9) acids	8.85 ± 0.01^a	22.40 ± 0.02^b
Linoleic acid (C18:2)	38.51 ± 0.07^a	49.21 ± 0.09^b
Linolenic acid (C18:3)	3.37 ± 0.04^a	1.59 ± 0.00^b
Arachidic acid (C20:0)	4.26 ± 0.01^a	1.45 ± 0.02^b
Behenic acid (C22:0)	4.34 ± 0.02^a	1.24 ± 0.05^b
Erucic acid (C22:1)	1.37 ± 0.02^a	1.09 ± 0.06^b
Lignoceric acid (C24:0)	4.85 ± 0.02^a	2.19 ± 0.02^b
C18:1/C18:2	0.22 ± 0.04^a	0.45 ± 0.09^b
∑ SFAs	47.90 ± 0.18^a	25.72 ± 0.10^b
∑ MUFAs	10.22 ± 0.03^a	23.49 ± 0.08^b
∑ PUFAs	41.88 ± 0.11^a	50.80 ± 0.09^b
∑ UFAs	52.10 ± 0.14^a	74.29 ± 0.17^b
∑ MUFAs/∑ PUFAs	0.80 ± 0.54^a	0.68 ± 0.08^b

SFAs, saturated fatty acids; PUFAs, polyunsaturated fatty acids; MUFAs, monounsaturated fatty acids; UFAs, unsaturated fatty acids. Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation of 3 determinations. Different letters in the same line indicate significant differences ().