Fatty Acid | aStructure | Relative Composition (%) | ||||
Scientific Name | Paje | Serowe | Tsamaya | Mmadinare | ||
Saturated Acid | ||||||
Palmitic | Hexadecanoic | C16:0 | 14.22 | 15.12 | 18.06 | 15.03 |
Stearic | Octadecanoic | C18:0 | 8.39 | 8.31 | 10.21 | 7.16 |
Total Saturated | 22.61 | 23.42 | 28.27 | 22.19 | ||
Unsaturated Acid | ||||||
Oleic | Cis-9-octadenoic | C18:1 | 43.14 | 41.9 | 48.65 | 37.92 |
Linoleic | Cis-9,12-octadecadienoic | C18:2 | 31.42 | 32.2 | 18.35 | 37.48 |
Palmitoleic | 9-hexadecenoic | C16:1 | 1.01 | 1.09 | 1.23 | 1.03 |
Isooleic acid | 10-octadecenoic | C18:1 | 1.45 | 1.39 | 1.75 | 1.38 |
Total Unsaturated | 77.02 | 76.58 | 69.98 | 77.81 | ||
Total monounsaturated | 45.62 | 44.88 | 51.06 | 37.92 | ||
Total polyunsaturated | 31.42 | 32.20 | 18.35 | 37.48 |