Table 1

Typical composition of different oils and fractions mentioned in this study. Sunflower hard stearin was prepared by solvent fractionation of CAS-15. The sunflower soft stearin was obtained by dry fractionation of the same oil.

Oil or fraction Composition (%) Total saturated Atherogenicity index
C6-C10 12:0 14:0 16:0 16:1 18:0 18:1 18:2 20:0 22:0 (%)
Regular sunflower 1 7.4 5.8 37.3 48.3 0.3 0.9 14.4 0.09
CAS-3 1 7.2 26.3 18.6 45.1 1.4 1.4 36.3 0.11
CAS-15 2 4.3 16.5 70.6 5.2 1.3 2.1 24.2 0.06
Palm kernel 3 8 48 16 8 2 15 3 82.0 6.7
Coconut 3 15.6 47.9 18.2 8.7 2.5 5.7 1.4 92.9 18.2
Palm oil 3 0.2 1.1 44.2 0.2 4.4 39 10.6 0.3 50.2 0.98
Palm mid fraction 4 1.0 51.9 5.2 36.1 5.9 1.0 59.1 1.3
Cocoa butter Ecuador 4 27.9 33.7 34.1 3.4 1.0 62.6 0.74
Shea butter 4 3.5 44.6 44.4 6.1 1.4 49.5 0.07
Sunflower hard stearin 5 5.1 50.1 38.1 0.5 2.6 3.6 61.4 0.13
Sunflower soft stearin 5 4.8 27.1 61.1 2.8 1.7 2.5 36.1 0.08

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