Table 1 |
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Composition of major fatty acids in Fraction CB by standard gas chromatography (GC) analysis. |
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Fatty acid |
Carbon number and type of bond |
Abundance (%) |
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Caprylic acid |
8:0 |
78.1977 |
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Palmitic acid |
16:0 |
9.0703 |
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Stearic acid |
18:0 |
6.4948 |
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Palmitalic acid |
16:1ω 9 |
1.5445 |
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Linoleic acid |
18:2ω 6 |
0.7221 |
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Linolenic acid |
18:3ω 3 |
0.6503 |
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Subtotal |
96.6797 |
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Minor fatty acids |
- |
3.3203 |
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Total |
100 |
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Caprylic acid, palmitic acid and stearic acid are polysaturated fatty acids (PFA). Palmitalic acid, Linoleic acid and Linolenic acid are omega-9, omega-6 and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) respectively. These fatty acids share the general empirical formula CnHnOn. Caprylic acid was the major constituent with 78.2% abundance. |
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Ong and Tan BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2007 7:3 doi:10.1186/1472-6882-7-3 |
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