Physicochemical Characteristics of Citrus Seed Oils from Kerman, Iran

Table 1

Fatty acid compositions of the oils extracted from different citrus seed species (%).

	Palmitic	Palmitoleic	Stearic	Oleic	Linoleic	Linolenic	Other fatty acids	Oil content
Qaleh Ganj
Lemon	29.4	0.7	4.7	26.4	34.1	6.2	0.5	41.5
Citrus	27.6	0.6	6.5	27.1	34	3.2	1	34.1
Jiroft
Lemon	27.8	0.9	4.1	24.8	35.7	7	0.6	41.9
Citrus	27.3	0.4	4.8	29.3	36.3	3.3	0.9	37.2
Anbarabad
Lemon	23.5	0.6	4.2	28.5	33.7	7.8	1.4	40.3
Citrus	26.5	0.6	6.5	28.6	32.2	4.1	1.5	33.4