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Food Lipids: Chemistry, Nutrition, and Biotechnology

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Table 2 Diversity <strong>and</strong> Enrichment of Fatty Acid Species in Storage <strong>Lipids</strong> Among Plants<br />

Fatty acid a<br />

Species/source b<br />

Fatty acids in<br />

storage lipids<br />

(wt %) c<br />

6:0 Palm kernel 0–0.8<br />

Coconut endosperm 0–0.6<br />

8:0 Cuphea cyania seed 67.8<br />

10:0 Cuphea koehneana seed 91.6<br />

Cuphea lanceolata seed 83.2<br />

Cuphea procumbrens seed 80.1<br />

Coconut endosperm 3–15<br />

12:0 Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) bark 80–90<br />

Cuphea polymorpha seed 80.0<br />

Cuphea wrightii seed 53.9<br />

Coconut endosperm 41–56<br />

Palm kernel 41–55<br />

Babassu (Orbignya martiana) 40–55<br />

14:0 Nutmeg (Myristica officinalis) kernel (butter) 60–70<br />

Cuphea palustris seed 63.7<br />

Coconut endosperm 13–23<br />

Palm kernel 14–20<br />

16:0 Chinese vegetable tallow (Sapium sebiferum) 62<br />

Palm fruit 32–59<br />

18:0 Cocoa bean (butter) 30–36<br />

20:0 Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum) tallow (seed) 35<br />

Kusum (Scheichera trifuga) seed 20–30<br />

Sal fat (Shorea robusta) 3.1–10<br />

Groundnut (peanut, Arachis hypogaea) 1–3<br />

22:0 Lophira alata seed 15–30<br />

Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) seed 12.2<br />

Groundnut 1–5<br />

24:0 Tamarind seed 22.3<br />

Groundnut 0.5–3<br />

18:1 �6 Apium leptophyllum seed 86.5<br />

Cori<strong>and</strong>er seed 75.3<br />

Carrot seed 70–72<br />

18:1 �9,12-OH Castor bean 90<br />

18:1 �9,12/13-epoxy Vernonia galamensis seed 73–78<br />

Euphorbia lagascae seed 60<br />

18:2 �9,12 Safflower seed 55–81<br />

Sunflower seed 20–75<br />

Cuphea fructicosa seed 67.2<br />

Soybean 44–62<br />

Corn kernel (germ) 34–62<br />

Cottonseed 33–59<br />

18:3 �9,12,15 Linseed 59.8<br />

Cuphea purpurascens seed 30.8<br />

Rapeseed (canola) 5–16<br />

18:3 �6,9,12 Borage seed 19–25<br />

Black currant seed 15–19<br />

Evening primrose seed 8–14<br />

Copyright 2002 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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