Fatty acid | Fatty acid composition (%) (mean ± standard deviation; n = 2) |  | |||||
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Metema white seed | Metema black seed | West Armachiho white seed | West Armachiho black seed | Amuru white seed | Amuru black seed | Means of the average | |
Palmitoleic acid | 0.087 ± 0.01 | 0.115 ± 0.01 | 0.098 ± 0.01 | 0.109 ± 0.008 | 0.08 ± 0.009 | 0.117 ± 0.019 | 0.101 |
Palmitic acid | 9.87 ± 0.58 | 10.91 ± 0.44 | 10.8 ± 0.67 | 10.98 ± 0.78 | 9.345 ± 0.88 | 11.18 ± 0.49 | 10.64 |
Margaric acid | 0.035 ± 0.003 | 0.032 ± 0.004 | 0.036 ± 0.006 | 0.028 ± 0.004 | 0.03 ± 0.004 | 0.027 ± 0.003 | 0.031 |
Linoleic acid | 44.31 ± 1.77 | 42.5 ± 2.99 | 43.7 ± 2.11 | 43.3 ± 2.96 | 43.9 ± 3.19 | 44.0 ± 3.10 | 43.6 |
Oleic acid | 37.85 ± 2.27 | 38.88 ± 3.94 | 37.98 ± 4.01 | 38.18 ± 3.11 | 38.95 ± 3.35 | 37.19 ± 2.24 | 38.2 |
Cis-vaccenic acid | 0.778 ± 0.09 | 0.936 ± 0.087 | 0.811 ± 0.076 | 0.906 ± 0.089 | 0.78 ± 0.071 | 0.957 ± 0.073 | 0.861 |
Stearic acid | 6.335 ± 0.55 | 6.022 ± 0.05 | 6.523 ± 0.074 | 5.78 ± 0.43 | 6.238 ± 0.51 | 5.823 ± 0.44 | 6.12 |
Arachidic acid | 0.627 ± 0.069 | 0.595 ± 0.06 | 0.634 ± 0.068 | 0.588 ± 0.061 | 0.59 ± 0.061 | 0.596 ± 0.039 | 0.605 |
Behenic acid | 0.092 ± 0.085 | – | – | 0.093 ± 0.01 | 0.083 ± 0.009 | 0.094 ± 0.012 | 0.091 |