Physical Fruit Traits, Proximate Composition, Antioxidant Activity, and Profiling of Fatty Acids and Minerals of Wild Jujube (Ziziphus lotus L. (Desf.)) Fruits from Eleven Moroccan Origins
Table 4
Mean values ± SD (n = 3) of fatty acids in Z. lotus fruit oil of eleven Moroccan origins.
Fatty acid/origin
Rhamna
Taroudant
Tafraout
Taounat
Zagora
Sidi Hrazm
Lkhmissat
B-Jaad
Beni Mellal
Khnifra
Zaouit Cheikh
Average
Caprylic acid C8: 0
ND
ND
0.26 ± 0.01b
ND
0.27 ± 0.01b
0.24 ± 0.01b
ND
ND
0.09 ± 0.01a
ND
ND
0.21 ± 0.07
Capric acid C10: 0
ND
ND
0.92 ± 0.01d
0.40 ± 0.01b
0.80 ± 0.01c
0.40 ± 0.01b
ND
ND
0.32 ± 0.01a
ND
0.97 ± 0.01d
0.66 ± 0.27
Lauric acid C 12: 0
0.44 ± 0.01d
0.55 ± 0.01e
0.56 ± 0.01e
0.37 ± 0.01bc
0.42 ± 0.01cd
0.35 ± 0.01ab
0.47 ± 0.01d
ND
0.30 ± 0.01a
0.60 ± 0.01e
0.86 ± 0.01f
0.49 ± 0.15
Myristic acid C 14: 0
0.85 ± 0.01f
0.40 ± 0.01a
0.65 ± 0.01de
0.69 ± 0.01e
0.48 ± 0.01bc
0.65 ± 0.01de
0.62 ± 0.01d
0.53 ± 0.01c
0.50 ± 0.01dc
0.46 ± 0.01b
1.45 ± 0.01g
0.66 ± 0.27
Palmitic acid C 16: 0
16.57 ± 0.01h
12.03 ± 0.01a
14.38 ± 0.01g
14.19 ± 0.01e
13.79 ± 0.01d
13.63 ± 0.01c
14.30 ± 0.01f
13.63 ± 0.01c
13.32 ± 0.01b
13.35 ± 0.01b
18.67 ± 0.01i
14.35 ± 1.71
Palmitoleic acid C 16: 1
0.74 ± 0.01a
0.72 ± 0.01a
2.23 ± 0.01d
1.92 ± 0.01c
2.20 ± 0.01d
3.10 ± 0.01e
ND
1.96 ± 0.01c
1.65 ± 0.01b
ND
ND
1.81 ± 0.74
Stearic acid C 18:0
6.37 ± 0.01h
4.94 ± 0.01e
5.11 ± 0.01f
5.11 ± 0.01f
4.72 ± 0.01bc
4.77 ± 0.01c
4.68 ± 0.01ab
5.48 ± 0.01g
4.64 ± 0.01a
4.95 ± 0.01e
4.86 ± 0.01d
5.05 ± 0.47
Oleic acid C 18:1
55.24 ± 0.01b
59.15 ± 0.01i
57.32 ± 0.01e
57.19 ± 0.01d
60.25 ± 0.01k
56.81 ± 0.01c
58.66 ± 0.01h
58.32 ± 0.01f
58.5 ± 0.01g
59.64 ± 0.01j
50.65 ± 0.01a
57.43 ± 2.53
Linoleic acid C 18: 2
14.51 ± 0.01e
16.41 ± 0.01i
13.18 ± 0.01b
15.14 ± 0.01f
12.63 ± 0.01a
14.51 ± 0.01e
13.76 ± 0.01c
15.32 ± 0.01h
15.2 ± 0.01d
14.29 ± 0.01g
17.21 ± 0.01j
14.74 ± 1.27
Linolenic acid C 18: 3
1.25 ± 0.01c
0.97 ± 0.01a
2.15 ± 0.01g
1.46 ± 0.01d
1.41 ± 0.01d
1.90 ± 0.01f
1.29 ± 0.01c
1.57 ± 0.01e
1.30 ± 0.01c
1.10 ± 0.01b
1.41 ± 0.01d
1.43 ± 0.32
Arachidic acid C 20: 0
0.59 ± 0.01a
1.13 ± 0.01de
1.27 ± 0.01g
1.03 ± 0.01c
0.87 ± 0.01b
1.17 ± 0.01ef
1.09 ± 0.01d
0.98 ± 0.01c
1.21 ± 0.01f
1.73 ± 0.01i
1.37 ± 0.01h
1.13 ± 0.27
Heneicosylic acid C 21: 0
2.75 ± 0.01e
2.75 ± 0.01e
1.97 ± 0.01a
2.47 ± 0.01c
2.19 ± 0.01b
2.45 ± 0.01c
2.50 ± 0.01cd
2.20 ± 0.01b
2.98 ± 0.01f
3.07 ± 0.01g
2.53 ± 0.01d
2.53 ± 0.32
∑SFA
27.57
21.80
25.12
24.26
23.54
23.66
0
22.82
23.36
24.16
30.71
25.07
∑MUFA
55.98
59.87
59.55
59.11
62.45
59.91
0
60.28
60.15
59.64
50.65
59.42
∑PUFA
15.76
17.38
15.33
16.6
14.04
16.41
0
16.89
16.5
15.39
18.62
16.17
SFA: saturated fatty acids, monounsaturated fatty acids, and polyunsaturated fatty acids. Different letters within the same row indicate significant differences (). ND = not detected.