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Table 1 Composition of major fatty acids in Fraction CB by standard gas chromatography (GC) analysis.

From: Novel phytoandrogens and lipidic augmenters from Eucommia ulmoides

Fatty acid

Carbon number and type of bond

Abundance (%)

Caprylic acid

8:0

78.1977

Palmitic acid

16:0

9.0703

Stearic acid

18:0

6.4948

Palmitalic acid

16:1ω 9

1.5445

Linoleic acid

18:2ω 6

0.7221

Linolenic acid

18:3ω 3

0.6503

Subtotal

 

96.6797

Minor fatty acids

-

3.3203

Total

 

100

  1. Caprylic acid, palmitic acid and stearic acid are polysaturated fatty acids (PFA). Palmitalic acid, Linoleic acid and Linolenic acid are omega-9, omega-6 and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) respectively. These fatty acids share the general empirical formula CnHnOn. Caprylic acid was the major constituent with 78.2% abundance.