Physicochemical Characteristics and Composition of Three Morphotypes of Cyperus esculentus Tubers and Tuber Oils

Table 4

Fatty acid composition (% total fatty acids) of total lipid from Cyperus esculentus morphotypes tubers’ oil.

Fatty acids	Morphotype 1	Morphotype 2	Morphotype 3
Myristic acid	0.16 ± 0.03^b	0.14 ± 0^b	0.4 ± 0.24^a
Pentadecanoic acid	0.03 ± 0.03^a	0 ± 0^a	0.05 ± 0.05^a
Palmitic acid	15.81 ± 0.95^a	15.83 ± 0.32^a	15.22 ± 0.55^a
Stearic acid	4.73 ± 0.33^b	3.89 ± 0.15^c	5.36 ± 0.26^a
Arachidic acid	0.57 ± 0.03^b	0.55 ± 0.02^b	0.68 ± 0.01^a
Behenic acid	0.1 ± 0^a	0.09 ± 0.02^a	0.1 ± 0.01^a
Lignoceric acid	0.17 ± 0.01^b	0.15 ± 0.03^b	0.24 ± 0.02^a
Palmitoleic acid	0.40 ± 0.05^a	0.37 ± 0.04^a	0.53 ± 0.02^a
cis-7-Hexadecenoic acid	0.35 ± 0.05^a	0.33 ± 0.03^a	0.44 ± 0.2^a
Heptadecenoic acid	0 ± 0^a	0.03 ± 0.03^a	0.03 ± 0.03^a
Oleic acid	64.25 ± 1.99^a	65.42 ± 1.17^a	65.76 ± 1.8^a
Vaccenic acid	0.99 ± 0.14^a	0.99 ± 0.12^a	0.93 ± 0.11^a
Eicosenoic acid	0.25 ± 0.05^a	0.28 ± 0.06^a	0.37 ± 0.16^a
Cetoleic acid	0.05 ± 0.05^a	0.03 ± 0.03^a	0.09 ± 0.1^a
Nervonic Acid	0 ± 0^a	0.05 ± 0.05^a	0.05 ± 0.05^a
Linoleic acid	12.39 ± 0.72^a	12.07 ± 0.23^a	10.04 ± 0.37^b
Linolenic acid	0.14 ± 0.02^b	0.14 ± 0.01^b	0.17 ± 0.01^a
Total saturated	21.56 ± 0.71^a	20.65 ± 0.38^b	22.03 ± 1.11^a
Total monounsaturated	65.91 ± 1.75^a	67.15 ± 1.21^a	67.75 ± 1.41^a
Total n-6 PUFA	12.39 ± 0.72^a	12.07 ± 0.23^a	10.04 ± 0.37^b
Total n-3 PUFA	0.14 ± 0.02^b	0.14 ± 0.01^b	0.17 ± 0.01^a
Total PUFA	12.53 ± 0.73^a	12.21 ± 0.23^a	10.2 ± 0.36^b

Values are means ± standard deviation for . Data in the same row followed by different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).