Journal of Food Quality

Research Article

Oil Content, Fatty Acid Composition, Physicochemical Properties, and Antioxidant Activity of Seed Oils of Ten Moroccan Pomegranate Cultivars

Table 4

Fatty acid composition (%) of oils extracted from pomegranate seeds of ten Moroccan cultivars.


Fatty acids	Sefri 1	Sefri 2	Sefri 3	Sefri 4	Sefri 5	Sefri 6	Lahmer	Marrakchia	Lhamdha	Bzeq Tir

Myristic acid C14: 0	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.000^a ± 0.0	0.04^b ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.06^c ± 0.00
Pentadecanoic acid C15: 0	0.05^a ± 0.00	0.05^a ± 0.01	0.03^a ± 0.00	0.04^a ± 0.01	0.04^a ± 0.00	0.04^a ± 0.0	0.04^a ± 0.01	0.05^a ± 0.01	0.04^a ± 0.02	0.04^a ± 0.00
Palmitic acid C16: 0	4.60^bc ± 0.13	4.24^abc ± 0.21	4.47^abc ± 0.00	3.96^a ± 0.09	4.08^ab ± 0.05	4.44^abc ± 0.00	4.41^abc ± 0.21	4.64^bc ± 0.02	4.61^bc ± 0.01	4.67^c ± 0.06
Palmitoleic acid C16: 1	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.02^c ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.05^b ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00
Margaric acid C17: 0	0.07^ab ± 0.01	0.04^a ± 0.00	0.05^ab ± 0.00	0.07^ab ± 0.01	0.04^a ± 0.00	0.05^ab ± 0.01	0.05^ab ± 0.02	0.04^a ± 0.00	0.14^c ± 0.00	0.09^bc ± 0.01
Heptadecanoic acid C17: 1	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.07^b ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00
Stearic acid C18: 0	1.85^a ± 0.14	1.86^a ± 0.01	1.94^a ± 0.00	1.74^a ± 0.03	1.82^a ± 0.04	1.82^a ± 0.05	1.93^a ± 0.02	1.86^a ± 0.01	1.76^a ± 0.18	2.08^a ± 0.03
Oleic acid C18: 1	3.87^a ± 0.24	4.38^a ± 0.08	5.37^b ± 0.00	4.30^a ± 0.05	4.08^a ± 0.03	5.54^b ± 0.09	6.35^c ± 0.01	6.53^c ± 0.03	5.53^b ± 0.19	5.38^b ± 0.06
Linoleic acid C18: 2	5.29^a ± 0.19	5.98^b ± 0.04	6.27^b ± 0.00	5.46^a ± 0.13	5.45^a ± 0.00	5.40^a ± 0.00	7.12^c ± 0.03	7.70^d ± 0.04	5.51^a ± 0.02	6.21^b ± 0.01
Linolenic acid C18: 3	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.05^bc ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.08^bc ± 0.00	0.10^c ± 0.02	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.05^bc ± 0.00	0.05^b ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00
β-Eleostearic acid C18: 3	0.33^b ± 0.00	0.38^bc ± 0.05	0.22^ab ± 0.00	0.28^b ± 0.05	0.30^b ± 0.05	0.06^a ± 0.01	0.59^c ± 0.03	0.32^b ± 0.00	0.33^b ± 0.04	2.03^d ± 0.09
Punicic acid C18: 3	80.67^c ± 0.81	79.62^c ± 0.31	78.72^bc ± 0.00	80.09^c ± 1.40	80.10^c ± 0.11	79.16^c ± 0.55	75.57^a ± 0.13	75.84^ab ± 0.17	79.05^c ± 0.34	73.74^a ± 0.22
α-Eleostearic acid C18: 3	1.89^ab ± 0.04	2.01^abc ± 0.06	1.94^ab ± 0.00	2.13^abc ± 0.35	2.33^bc ± 0.03	1.75^ab ± 0.08	2.55^cd ± 0.02	1.69^a ± 0.03	1.66^a ± 0.04	3.12^d ± 0.10
Catalpic acid C18: 3	0.38^a ± 0.03	0.53^a ± 0.01	0.37^a ± 0.00	1.08^a ± 0.08	0.74^a ± 0.04	0.44^a ± 0.04	1.35^a ± 0.03	0.34^a ± 0.00	0.36^a ± 0.01	1.59^a ± 0.08
Arachidic acid C20: 0	0.50^bc ± 0.05	0.41^bc ± 0.01	0.19^abc ± 0.00	0.16^ab ± 0.03	0.45^bc ± 0.03	0.40^bc ± 0.03	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.38^bc ± 0.01	0.42^bc ± 0.00	0.36^bc ± 0.09
Gadoleic acid C20: 1	0.45^a ± 0.04	0.44^a ± 0.02	0.38^a ± 0.00	0.38^a ± 0.06	0.49^a ± 0.04	0.43^a ± 0.05	0.05^a ± 0.00	0.50^a ± 0.03	0.50^a ± 0.00	0.60^a ± 0.03
Behenic acid C22: 0	0.06^a ± 0.00	0.04^a ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.32^ab ± 0.03	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.41^b ± 0.03	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.00^a ± 0.00	0.04^a ± 0.00
Total UFA	92.88^ab ± 0.33	93.38^ab ± 0.20	93.28^ab ± 0.00	93.71^b ± 0.04	93.57^ab ± 0.08	92.87^ab ± 0.30	93.57^ab ± 0.16	93.03^ab ± 0.05	93.05^ab ± 0.14	92.67^a ± 0.15
Total SFA	7.12^ab ± 0.33	6.62^ab ± 0.20	6.72^ab ± 0.00	6.29^a ± 0.04	6.43^ab ± 0.08	7.14^ab ± 0.30	6.43^ab ± 0.16	6.97^ab ± 0.05	6.95^ab ± 0.14	7.33^b ± 0.15
UFA/SFA ratio	13.06^abc ± 0.64	14.11^abc ± 0.44	13.88^abc ± 0.30	14.91^c ± 0.09	14.56^bc ± 0.18	13.03^ab ± 0.59	14.60^bc ± 0.39	13.34^abc ± 0.11	13.38^abc ± 0.30	12.65^a ± 0.29
MUFA	4.32^a ± 0.29	4.82^a ± 0.10	5.77^b ± 0.00	4.68^a ± 0.01	4.57^a ± 0.16	5.97^b ± 0.06	6.40^bc ± 0.01	7.05^c ± 0.06	6.09^b ± 0.19	5.98^b ± 0.36
PUFA	88.56^cd ± 0.61	88.56^bcd ± 0.29	87.52^abcd ± 0.00	89.03^d ± 0.05	89.00^d ± 0.24	86.90^ab ± 0.36	87.17^abc ± 0.15	85.98^a ± 0.12	86.95^abc ± 0.33	86.69^a ± 0.52

Values followed by the same letter show no statistically significant differences according to Tukey’s HSD test (, n = 3). UFA: unsaturated fatty acid; SFA: saturated fatty acid; MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acid.