Table 2 Main fatty acid composition of olive oil used for maceration.

From: In sight on olive oil maceration and supercritical CO2 in extracting rosemary essential oil

Fatty acids

Rosemary/Olive (OM)

Olive

Rt (min)

Area (%)

Rt (min)

Area (%)

Palmitic acid (C16:0)

10.666

15.46

10.684

15.34

Linoleic acid (C18:2)

13.077

5.65

13.101

2.65

Oleic acid (C18:1)

13.186

75.85

13.186

79.52

Stearic acid (C18:0)

13.681

3.04

13.699

2.49

Ʃ SFA

 

18.50

 

17.83

Ʃ USFA

 

81.50

 

82.17

  1. OM, olive oil maceration; Rt, retention time; min, minute; %, percentage; SFA, saturated fatty acid; USFA, unsaturated fatty acid.