Comparison of the Fatty Acid Profiles of Edible Native Fruit Seeds from Southern Brazil

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Figure 1 Fruits from Brazil: (a) Rollinia sylvatica; (b) Feijoa sellowiana; (c) Myrcianthes pungens; (d) Eugenia uniflora. (Color figure available online.)

Table 1 Fatty acid compositions (g/100 g of total fatty acids) of seed oils from the Myrtaceae and Annonaceae species

Fatty acid	M. pungens	F. sellowiana	E. uniflora	R. sylvatica
Palmitic acid (C16:0)	25.96 ± 0.59	5.55 ± 0.76	40.07 ± 2.39	20.84 ± 0.84
Palmitoleic acid (C16:1)	—	—	2.26 ± 0.3798	—
Stearic acid (C18:0)	5.28 ± 0.37	2.81 ± 0.79	5.32 ± 0.89	4.26 ± 0.33
Oleic acid (C18:1)	57.03 ± 0.45	7.21 ± 0.53	16.41 ± 2.69	54.41 ± 1.43
Linoleic acid (C18:2n-6)	9.57 ± 0.23	84.44 ± 2.06	30.11 ± 3.81	20.49 ± 0.30
Gamma-linolenic acid (C18:3n-3)	—	—	5.83 ± 0.83	—
Cis-11-eicosenoic acid (C20:1)	1.97 ± 0.21	tr	—	—
Linolenic acid (C18:3n-3)	0.20 ± 0.29	—	—	—
∑SFA	31.24 ± 0.48	8.36 ± 0.77	45.39 ± 1.64	25.1 ± 0.58
∑MUFA	57.07 ± 0.30	7.21 ± 1.29	18.67 ± 1.93	54.41 ± 0.86
∑PUFA	11.74 ± 0.30	84.44 ± 1.29	35.94 ± 1.29	20.49 ± 1.29
∑TUFA	68.77 ± 0.30	91.65 ± 1.29	54.61 ± 1.93	74.9 ± 0.86

Figure 2 GC/MS chromatogram obtained for seed oils from Myrcianthes pungens. (Color figure available online.)

Figure 3 GC/MS chromatogram for fruit seed oils from Feijoa sellowiana. (Color figure available online.)

Figure 4 GC/MS chromatogram obtained for seed oils from Eugenia uniflora. (Color figure available online.)

Figure 5 GC/MS chromatogram for seed oils from Rollinia sylvatica. (Color figure available online.)