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Table 1 Fatty acid composition of the Jatropha oil

From: Application of a Burkholderia cepacialipase-immobilized silica monolith to batch and continuous biodiesel production with a stoichiometric mixture of methanol and crude Jatropha oil

Fatty acid

Structure

% (w/w)

Palmitic

16:0

14.6

Palmitoleic

16:1

0.7

Stearic

18:0

6.9

Oleic

18:1

46.2

Linoleic

18:2

30.8

Linolenic

18:3

0.2

Arachidic

20:0

0.3

Non-identified

 

0.3

Free fatty acids

 

18.3

Monoglyceride

 

2.1

Diglyceride

 

12.1

Triglyceride

 

65.8