The Impact of the Extraction Method on Allanblackia floribunda Butter’s Physicochemical Properties as a Possible Pharmaceutical Excipient

Table 4

Fatty acid analysis of A. floribunda butter extracted by hexane, cold press, and hot water.

Compound name	Percentage composition
	Hot water	Hexane	Cold press
Hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester	1.189 ± 0.010^a	1.602 ± 0.020^b	1.137 ± 0.010^c
Heptadecanoic acid, methyl ester		0.083 ± 0.010
9,12-Octadecadienoic acid, methyl ester	0.090 ± 0.010
n-Hexadecanoic acid			0.053 ± 0.010
9-Octadecenoic acid, methyl ester, (E)		42.852 ± 0.020^d	35.280 ± 0.020^e
Linolenic acid, methyl ester	37.94 ± 0.010
9,12-Octadecadienoic acid, methyl ester, (E, E)			0.086 ± 0.020
Methyl stearate	40.337 ± 0.020^f	41.063 ± 0.010^g
Oleic acid	6.919 ± 0.010^h	5.602 ± 0.010^i
Methyl elaidate			35.401 ± 0.020
Octadecanoic acid	10.375 ± 0.020^j	7.626 ± 0.010^k	18.970 ± 0.020^l
9-Octadecenoic acid, (E)			7.913 ± 0.020
cis-11-Eicosenoic acid, methyl ester		0.071 ± 0.010
Eicosanoic acid, methyl ester	0.112 ± 0.010^m	0.096 ± 0.010^n	0.083 ± 0.020^o
1-Heptatriacotanol	0.257 ± 0.010^p		0.053 ± 0.010^q
Cyclopropaneoctanoic acid, 2-octyl-, methyl ester		0.071 ± 0.010
Campesterol	0.537 ± 0.030
2-(7-Heptadecynyloxy)tetrahydro-2H-			0.055 ± 0.010
Octadecanoic acid, 9,10-dihydroxy-methyl ester		0.049 ± 0.020
Stigmasterol	0.606 ± 0.010

Data are presented as mean ± SD. Different alphabets in rows represent statistical significance after using either Student’s two-tailed test or one-way ANOVA ( < 0.0001).