Country | Fatty acid composition (%) | Refs. | |||||||||
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 | Palmitoleic acid | Palmitic acid | Margaric acid | Linolenic acid | Linoleic acid | Oleic acid | Cis-vaccenic acid | Stearic acid | Arachidic acid | Behenic acid |  |
India | 0.1–0.13 | 8.0–10.0 | – | 0.25–0.5 | 32.0–42.0 | 40.0–49.0 | – | 3.6–4.7 | 0.4–1.1 | – | [37] |
Tunisia | 0.21–0.24 | 11.0–11.4 | – | 0.5–0.51 | 35.6–36.1 | 43.1–44.1 | 0.96–0.97 | 6.4–6.92 | 0.74–0.83 | – | [18] |
Sudan | – | 12.86–12.96 | – | – | 36.30–36.4 | 47.5–47.52 | – | 2.93–3.07 | – | – | [16] |
Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda | – | 7.97–8.53 | – | 0.44–0.45 | 47–18–48.53 | 37.27–37.92 | – | 4.85–4.93 | 0.49–0.51 | – | [42] |
Congo | – | 7.32–9.98 | – | – | 46.1–46.40 | 38.55–39.17 | – | 5.25–5.65 | 0.7–1.0 | – | [31] |
Africa and India | – | 10.32–10.78 |  | 35.68–36.52 |  | 45.11–47.49 | – | 3.98–5.82 | 0.91–1.29 | – | [23] |
Turkey | – | 8.8–9.0 |  | 0.56–0.58 | 42.3–43.2 | 41.3–41.8 | – | 5.37–5.50 | 0.63–0.65 | – | [39] |
Egypt | – | 7.75- 8.76 |  | 0.33–0.43 | 42.7–43.2 | 39.22–41.63 | – | 5.02–8.22 | 0.59–0.64 | 0.1–0.13 | [22] |
Morocco | – | 11.2–11.4 |  | 0.19–0.21 | 42.0–42.2 | 41.8–42.0 | – | 4.8–5.0 | – | – | [20] |
Iran | 0.09–0.15 | 12.47–13.21 | – | 0.39–0.56 | 48.32–50.0 | 31.3–32.7 | – | 2,68–3.08 | 0.43–0.55 | 0.27–0.47 | [38] |
Ethiopia (white variety) | 0.08–0.1 | 9.34–10.8 | 0.03–0.04 | Trace | 43.7–44.3 | 37.8–38.9 | 0.77–0.81 | 6.23–6.52 | 0.59–0.63 | 0.08–0.09 | This study |
Ethiopia (black variety) | 0.11–0.12 | 10.9–11.2 | 0.03–0.04 | Trace | 42.5–44 | 37.2–38.9 | 0.9–0.95 | 5.7–6 | 0.58–0.59 | 0.09 | This study |