Comparison of Oil Content and Fatty Acids Profile of Western Schley, Wichita, and Native Pecan Nuts Cultured in Chihuahua, Mexico

Table 2

Monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA), polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), and saturated fatty acids (SFA) percentages and PUFA/SFA, MUFA/SFA, UFA/SFA ratios of pecan nut oil extracted from Western Schley, Wichita, and Native pecan nut varieties.

Cultivar	PUFA	MUFA	SFA	PUFA/SFA	MUFA/SFA	UFA/SFA
Western Schley	64.55 ± 1.34	26.80 ± 1.49	7.30 ± 1.09	9.02 ± 1.61 : 1	3.71 ± 0.39 : 1	12.74 ± 1.98 : 1
Wichita	61.96 ± 2.23	29.03 ± 1.42	6.68 ± 0.95	9.43 ± 1.54 : 1	4.41 ± 0.65 : 1	13.84 ± 2.18 : 1
Native	68.65 ± 1.90	23.92 ± 0.505	6.05 ± 0.32	11.36 ± 0.68 : 1	3.95 ± 0.27 : 1	15.33 ± 0.89 : 1

Each value is mean ± standard deviation (SD); same letters in the same column indicated no significant difference at level of .