Table 5 Fatty acid composition of Olive oil across irrigation methods.

Butyric acid

C4:0

0.01 ± 0.001^a

0.01 ± 0.001^a

0.009 ± 0.001^a

Myristic acid

C14:0

0.200 ± 0.002^a

0.201 ± 0.002^a

0.203 ± 0.002^a

Heptadecanoic acid

C17:0

0.03 ± 0.001^b

0.03 ± 0.002^b

0.40 ± 0.002^a

Octadecenoic acid

C18:1

0.12 ± 0.006^b

0.16 ± 0.008^a

0.05 ± 0.003^c

Palmitic acid

C16:0

10.50 ± 0.52^a

3.42 ± 0.17^b

2.20 ± 0.11^c

Stearic acid

C18:0

2.30 ± 0.11^b

3.56 ± 0.17^a

2.49 ± 0.12^b

Palmitoleic acid

C16:1

0.81 ± 0.04^c

3.21 ± 0.16^b

6.45 ± 0.32^a

Vaccenic acid

C18:1

0.10 ± 0.005^b

1.83 ± 0.009^a

0.14 ± 0.007^b

Behenic acid

C22:0

0.10 ± 0.005^a

0.1 ± 0.005^a

0.11 ± 0.006^a

Linolenic acid

C18:3

0.65 ± 0.03^b

1.79 ± 0.09^a

0.33 ± 0.01^c

Arachidic acid

C20:0

0.37 ± 0.01^b

2.01 ± 0.10^a

0.21 ± 0.01^c

Oleic acid

C18:1

62.6 ± 3.13^a

50.37 ± 2.51^b

60.26 ± 3.01^a

Erucic acid

C22:1

0.05 ± 0.003^a

0.03 ± 0.002^a

0.04 ± 0.002^a

Linoleic acid

C18:2

6.8 ± 0.34^c

8.42 ± 0.42^b

10.83 ± 0.54^a

Eicosenoic acid

C20:1

0.04 ± 0.002^b

0.26 ± 0.001^a

0.05 ± 0.003^b

Monounsaturated fatty acids

(MUFA)

73.25 ± 4.73^b

70.12 ± 4.21^b

75.45 ± 4.50^a

Polyunsaturated fatty acids

(PUFA)

12.05 ± 1.21^a

11.35 ± 1.13^a

10.08 ± 1.01^b

Diacylglycerols (%)

2.53 ± 0.27^a

1.82 ± 0.18^b

1.67 ± 0.17^b

Monoacylglycerols (%)

0.3 ± 0.02^a

0.25 ± 0.01^b

0.20 ± 0.01^b