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Table 1 Fatty acid compositions of several typical vegetable oils

From: Production of free monounsaturated fatty acids by metabolically engineered Escherichia coli

Vegetable oils

12:0

14:0

16:0

16:1

18:0

18:1

18:2

18:3

22:1

References

Soybean oil

NR

NR

11%

NR

4%

23.4%

53.2%

7.8%

Traces

[22]

Corn oil

NR

NR

10.3%

NR

1.0%

30.3%

58.0%

0.4%

NR

[23]

Rapeseed oil

NR

NR

5.51%

NR

2.17%

58.33%

19.89%

9.13%

4.59%

[24]

Palm oil

0.1%

1.0%

42.8%

NR

4.5%

40.5%

10.1%

0.2%

NR

[25]

Jatropha oil

NR

NR

15.32%

1.33%

4.06%

35.38%

43.34%

NR

NR

[26]

  1. NR: Not reported.
  2. 12:0, laurate; 14:0, myristate; 16:0, palmitate; 16:1, palmitoleate; 18:1, oleate; 18:2, linoleate; 18:3, linolenate; 22:1, erucate.