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Table 4 Fatty acid composition (%) of oil of mash bean seeds

From: Compositional studies and biological activities of some mash bean (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper) cultivars commonly consumed in Pakistan

Fatty acid

NARC-Mash-1

NARC-Mash-2

NARC-Mash-3

NARC-Mash-97

Palmitic acid

11.31 ± 2.20b

10.99 ± 1.99c

11.23 ± 1.87b

12.09 ± 1.58a

Stearic acid

2.09 ± 0.63b

2.70 ± 0.24a

2.89 ± 0.43a

2.17 ± 0.77b

Behenic acid

0.99 ± 0.14a

1.00 ± 0.29a

0.87 ± 0.22a

0.93 ± 0.30a

Oleic acid

26.62 ± 0.07b

26.74 ± 0.15b

27.34 ± 0.25a

26.65 ± 0.35b

Linoleic acid

07.19 ± 4.47b

08.93 ± 5.11a

07.08 ± 3.74b

08.64 ± 3.87a

α-Linolenic acid

51.80 ± 0.03a

49.64 ± 0.06a

50.59 ± 0.05a

49.52 ± 0.09a

  1. Values in the same row having different letters differ significantly with least significant difference (LSD) at probability (p < 0.05).