Physicochemical Properties, Fatty Acid Composition, and the Effect of Heating on the Reduction of Cyclopropenoid Fatty Acids on Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) Crude Seed Oil

Table 2

Physicochemical properties of baobab seed oil.

Physiochemical properties	Region
	Iringa	Dodoma	Kilimanjaro	values
FFA (mEq/100 g oil)				0.752
Specific gravity (g/ml oil)				0.47
Refractive index (at 26°C)				0.03
Saponified matter (mEq NaOH/g of sample)				0.114
Unsaponifiable matter (g/100 g)				0.001
Peroxide value (mEq/kg)				0.742
Iodine value (mEq iodine/g)				0.407