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Table 3 Comparisons of fatty acid composition in sesame seed varieties reported from different origin

From: Fatty acid composition, total phenolic contents and antioxidant activity of white and black sesame seed varieties from different localities of Ethiopia

Country

Fatty acid composition (%)

Refs.

 

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

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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