Date Palm Seed Oil (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Green Extraction: Physicochemical Properties, Antioxidant Activities, and Phenolic and Fatty Acid Profiles
Table 3
Fatty acids composition (%) of the studied oils.
Extraction method
Soxhlet
Soaking in essential oil
Ether petroleum
Essential oil
Capric C10 :0
0.58 ± 0.02a
0.54 ± 0.10a
0.55 ± 0.08a
Lauric C12 :0
25.16 ± 2.01b
29.66 ± 3.44a
25.25 ± 1.54b
Myristic C14 :0
10.81 ± 1.55a
12.03 ± 2.01a
10.98 ± 0.57a
Palmitic C16 :0
8.53 ± 0.04a
8.74 ± 0.57a
8.78 ± 0.88a
Palmitoleic C16 :1
0.13 ± 0.02a
0.15 ± 0.10a
0.20 ± 0.13a
Stearic C18 :0
3.26 ± 0.55a
3.02 ± 0.89a
3.11 ± 0.99a
Oleic C18 :1
42.14 ± 2.33a
37.29 ± 1.66b
41.78 ± 2.61a
Linoleic C18 :2
8.48 ± 1.33a
7.52 ± 0.99a
8.32 ± 0.78a
Linolenic C18 :3
0.05 ± 0.05a
0.09 ± 0.11a
0.08 ± 0.10a
SAFA
48.34b
53.99a
48.67b
USAFA
50.80a
45.05b
50.38a
PUFA
8.53a
7.61ab
8.4a
MUFA
42.27a
37.44b
41.98a
SAFA, saturated fatty acids. USAFA, unsaturated fatty acids. PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids. MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids. Mean and standard deviation values with the same letter within the same parameter were not significantly different ().
