Table 1 Fatty acid content of soybean and cottonseed oils.
Soybean oil | Cottonseed oil | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Decanoic acid | C10:0 | 0 | 0 |
Lauric acid | C12:0 | 0 | 10 |
Myristic acid | C14:0 | 63 | 560 |
Myristoyleic acid | C14:1 | 0 | 0 |
Pentadecanoic acid | C15:0 | 11 | 13 |
Pentadecenoicacid | C15:1 | 0 | 0 |
Palmitic acid | C16:0 | 10000 | 18000 |
Palmitoleic acid | C16:1 | 87 | 600 |
Heptadecanoic acid | C17:0 | 85 | 71 |
Heptadecenoic acid | C17:1 | 0 | 0 |
Stearic acid | C18:0 | 3800 | 2300 |
Oleic acid | C18:1 | 22000 | 17000 |
Linoleic acid | C18:2 n-6 | 52000 | 56000 |
Linolenic acid | C18:3 n-3 | 6700 | 420 |
Gamma-linolenic acid | C18:3 n-6 | 30 | 0 |
Arachidic acid | C20:0 | 310 | 230 |
Eicosenoic acid | C20:1 | 180 | 75 |
Eicosadienoic acid | C20:2 n-6 | 32 | 9 |
Eicosatrienoic acid | C20:3 n-6 | 8 | 11 |
Arachidonic acid | C20:4 n-6 | 0 | 0 |
Eicosapentaenoic acid | C20:5 n-3 | 0 | 0 |
Behenic acid | C22:0 | 330 | 110 |
Docosenic acid | C22:1 | 0 | 10 |
Docosadienoic acid | C22:2 | 0 | 0 |
Docosatetraenoic acid | C22:4 | 0 | 0 |
Docosapentaenoic acid | C22:5 n-3 | 0 | 0 |
Docosahexaenoic acid | C22:6 n-3 | 0 | 110 |
Lignoceric acid | C24:0± | 130 | 91 |
