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Table 4

Fatty acid composition of oil extracted from different peanut verities.

Fatty acids Area (%)*

NC (control) Line 27r Line 9 Line 4 Line 18
Palmitic acid (C16:0) 15.00c** ± 0.25 12.01a ± 0.17 14.96c ± 0.45 14.36bc ± 0.34 14.78c ± 0.88
Oleic acid (C18:1) 55.47a ± 1.34 62.93c ± 2.55 56.02a ± 1.09 59.98b ± 1.74 57.41ab ± 0.47
Linoleic acid (C18:2) 24.01c ± 0.33 19.56a ± 1.01 23.33c ± 0.57 21.65b ± 0.49 22.53b ± 0.11
Linolenic acid (C18:3) 1.31b ± 0.02 1.34b ± 0.11 1.33b ± 0.07 1.30b ± 0.06 1.25a ± 0.03
Arachidic acid (C20:0) 0.80a ± 0.02 0.97b ± 0.05 0.86a ± 0.01 Nd*** 0.85a ± 0.01
Arachidonic acid (C20:1) 1.98bc ± 0.24 1.93b ± 0.35 2.25c ± 0.13 1.77a ± 0.11 1.88ab ± 0.21
Behenic acid (C22:0) 1.43c ± 0.05 1.26b ± 0.11 1.25b ± 0.12 0.94a ± 0.11 1.30bc ± 0.17
∑ of Saturated fatty acids (%) 17.23c ± 1.02 14.24a ± 0.98 17.07c ± 1.11 15.30b ± 0.05 16.93bc ± 0.31
∑ of Unsaturated fatty acids (%) 82.77a ± 1.05 85.76c ± 0.84 82.93a ± 0.78 84.70b ± 0.55 83.07a ± 0.13
O/L**** ratio (%) 2.31 3.22 2.40 2.77 2.55

*All values are averages of the triplicate analysis.

**Values in the same row followed by different letters are statistically different at the 95% confidence level.

***Nd = Not detected.

****Oleic/linoleic ratio.

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