A Comparison of the Physicochemical Properties and Fatty Acid Composition of Indaiá (Attalea dubia) and Babassu (Orbignya phalerata) Oils

Table 1

Physicochemical analysis of indaiá and babassu oils.

	Indaiá	Babassu
Density (g/cm^3)	0.917±0.003	0.920±0.002
Saponification value (mg KOH/g)	240.590±0.014	236.9±2.7
Iodine value g (I2/100 g)	7.087±0.006	18.3±0.5
Peroxide value (meq/1000 g)	nd	nd
Acid value (meq/1000 g)	0.677±0.006	0.592±0.001
Ester value %	99.72±0.01	99.41±2.70

Nd: no peroxide was detected.