Purslane Weed (Portulaca oleracea): A Prospective Plant Source of Nutrition, Omega-3 Fatty Acid, and Antioxidant Attributes

Table 5

Fatty acid composition of purslane fractions.

Fatty acid	Composition (% of total fatty acids)
	Leaf	Stem	Flower
15:0	0.39	—	1.01
16:0	13.09	16.90	19.30
18:0	2.29	7.75	4.51
Total SFA	16.42	24.64	24.52
16:1	0.54	0.51	0.90
18:1	4.29	3.38	12.30
Total MUFA	4.83	3.89	13.20
18:2n-6	14.46	9.70	30.11
18:3n-6	13.25	45.57	9.68
18:3n-3	49.70	15.62	21.01
20:0	0.21	0.11	0.29
22:0	0.19	0.16	0.10
24:0	1.12	0.31	1.09
Total PUFA	78.75	71.47	62.28
Lipid content (%)	0.51	0.47	0.54

Source: Siriamornpun and Suttajit, 2010 [23].