Geoffroea decorticans for Biofuels: A Promising Feedstock

Table 2

Detailed profile of the fatty acids of chañar oil and biodiesel obtained from transesterification reaction with methanol.

Fatty acids	Structure	Chañar oil (wt%)	Chañar biodiesel (wt%)
Palmitic	16 : 0	9.5	8.9
Stearic	18 : 0	3.8	4.3
Oleic	18 : 1	40.5	46.5
Linoleic	18 : 2	42.3	37.6
Arachidic	20 : 0	0.9	0.7
Gadoleic	20 : 1	1.3	0.9
Behenic	22 : 0	1.2	1.4
Lignoceric	24 : 0	0.8	0.7
	Total saturates	17	16
	Total unsaturates	83	84
	18 : 1/18 : 2	0.96	1.24