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 ± 0.01^b

ND

0.27 ± 0.01^b

0.24 ± 0.01^b

ND

ND

0.09 ± 0.01^a

ND

ND

0.21 ± 0.07

Capric acid C10: 0

ND

ND

0.92 ± 0.01^d

0.40 ± 0.01^b

0.80 ± 0.01^c

0.40 ± 0.01^b

ND

ND

0.32 ± 0.01^a

ND

0.97 ± 0.01^d

0.66 ± 0.27

Lauric acid C 12: 0

0.44 ± 0.01^d

0.55 ± 0.01^e

0.56 ± 0.01^e

0.37 ± 0.01^bc

0.42 ± 0.01^cd

0.35 ± 0.01^ab

0.47 ± 0.01^d

ND

0.30 ± 0.01^a

0.60 ± 0.01^e

0.86 ± 0.01^f

0.49 ± 0.15

Myristic acid C 14: 0

0.85 ± 0.01^f

0.40 ± 0.01^a

0.65 ± 0.01^de

0.69 ± 0.01^e

0.48 ± 0.01^bc

0.65 ± 0.01^de

0.62 ± 0.01^d

0.53 ± 0.01^c

0.50 ± 0.01^dc

0.46 ± 0.01^b

1.45 ± 0.01^g

0.66 ± 0.27

Palmitic acid C 16: 0

16.57 ± 0.01^h

12.03 ± 0.01^a

14.38 ± 0.01^g

14.19 ± 0.01^e

13.79 ± 0.01^d

13.63 ± 0.01^c

14.30 ± 0.01^f

13.63 ± 0.01^c

13.32 ± 0.01^b

13.35 ± 0.01^b

18.67 ± 0.01^i

14.35 ± 1.71

Palmitoleic acid C 16: 1

0.74 ± 0.01^a

0.72 ± 0.01^a

2.23 ± 0.01^d

1.92 ± 0.01^c

2.20 ± 0.01^d

3.10 ± 0.01^e

ND

1.96 ± 0.01^c

1.65 ± 0.01^b

ND

ND

1.81 ± 0.74

Stearic acid C 18:0

6.37 ± 0.01^h

4.94 ± 0.01^e

5.11 ± 0.01^f

5.11 ± 0.01^f

4.72 ± 0.01^bc

4.77 ± 0.01^c

4.68 ± 0.01^ab

5.48 ± 0.01^g

4.64 ± 0.01^a

4.95 ± 0.01^e

4.86 ± 0.01^d

5.05 ± 0.47

Oleic acid C 18:1

55.24 ± 0.01^b

59.15 ± 0.01^i

57.32 ± 0.01^e

57.19 ± 0.01^d

60.25 ± 0.01^k

56.81 ± 0.01^c

58.66 ± 0.01^h

58.32 ± 0.01^f

58.5 ± 0.01^g

59.64 ± 0.01^j

50.65 ± 0.01^a

57.43 ± 2.53

Linoleic acid C 18: 2

14.51 ± 0.01^e

16.41 ± 0.01^i

13.18 ± 0.01^b

15.14 ± 0.01^f

12.63 ± 0.01^a

14.51 ± 0.01^e

13.76 ± 0.01^c

15.32 ± 0.01^h

15.2 ± 0.01^d

14.29 ± 0.01^g

17.21 ± 0.01^j

14.74 ± 1.27

Linolenic acid C 18: 3

1.25 ± 0.01^c

0.97 ± 0.01^a

2.15 ± 0.01^g

1.46 ± 0.01^d

1.41 ± 0.01^d

1.90 ± 0.01^f

1.29 ± 0.01^c

1.57 ± 0.01^e

1.30 ± 0.01^c

1.10 ± 0.01^b

1.41 ± 0.01^d

1.43 ± 0.32

Arachidic acid C 20: 0

0.59 ± 0.01^a

1.13 ± 0.01^de

1.27 ± 0.01^g

1.03 ± 0.01^c

0.87 ± 0.01^b

1.17 ± 0.01^ef

1.09 ± 0.01^d

0.98 ± 0.01^c

1.21 ± 0.01^f

1.73 ± 0.01^i

1.37 ± 0.01^h

1.13 ± 0.27

Heneicosylic acid C 21: 0

2.75 ± 0.01^e

2.75 ± 0.01^e

1.97 ± 0.01^a

2.47 ± 0.01^c

2.19 ± 0.01^b

2.45 ± 0.01^c

2.50 ± 0.01^cd

2.20 ± 0.01^b

2.98 ± 0.01^f

3.07 ± 0.01^g

2.53 ± 0.01^d

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.