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Table 4.3
Fatty acid composition and oil content of woody plants and herbal crops
Fatty acid content (%)
Oil
content
(%)
Lauric
acid
Myristic
acid
Palmitic
acid
Stearic
acid
Arachidic
acid
Hexandcenoic
acid
Oleic
acid
Linoleic
acid
Linolenic
acid
Others
Woody
plants
Camellia
oleifera
Abel.l *
0.000
0.800
10.600
1.700
0.000
0.000
77.333 9.167
0.267
36.60
Pistacia
chinensis *
0.000
0.013
20.867
1.500
0.567
1.200
46.400 29.367
0.007
34.38
Jatropha
curcas
L.
0.000
0.000
18.2
1.8
0.000
0.000
47.3
32.7
0.000
52.25
Cornus
wilsoniana
Wanger*
0.007
0.067
16.533
1.767
0.000
0.973
30.500 48.500
1.600
36.60
Elaeis
guineensis
19.500 18.600
27.000
12.300 0.000
0.000
22.600 0.000
0.000
67.95
Eucalyptus 0.000
0.000
5.500
2.400
0.700
0.000
12.800 78.500
0.000
18.78
Symplocos
paniculata
0.000
0.000
20.733
0.873
0.000
0.000
48.233 30.167
0.000
32.41
Vernicid
fordii*
0.167
0.007
5.733
2.567
0.000
0.007
16.400 22.067
0.300
Eleostearic
acid 52
50.18
Herbal
crops
(control)
Rapeseed
0.000
0.040
3.567
1.133
0.007
0.140
14.500 15.467
13.600
Erucic
acid 48
35.4
Glycine
max
L.
0.000
0.000
13.000
2.900
0.000
0.000
19.350 58.050
6.700
22.1
Euphorbia
lathyris
L.
0.010
0.000
5.800
1.900
0.300
1.100
70.250 16.200
2.000
47.05