Fatty Acids

Percentage (%)

Non-peeled seeds

Peeled seeds

Araújo et al. [22] *

Freire et al. [34] *

Mech.

Soxhlet

Direct Solvent

Mech.

Soxhlet

Direct Solvent

Myristic (C14:0)

0.1

0.1

0.8

0.1

0.2

0.1

-

-

Palmitic (C16:0)

13.5

15.1

13.7

13.9

16.0

16.5

13

13.3

Palmitoleic (C16:1)

1.2

0.9

1.2

0.9

1.2

0.9

0.5

0.8

Stearic (C18:0)

6.0

7.4

5.2

6.5

5.5

5.3

6.0

6.4

Oleic (C18:1)

34.4

37.6

37.9

37.1

37.8

38.6

42.5

41.2

Linoleic (C18:2)

40.0

36.1

38.9

36.4

35.8

36.9

38

36.5

Linolenic (C18:3)

1,9

1,8

1,4

2,1

1,8

0,7

-

0.3