Balanites aegyptiaca Combreatum aculeatum Detarium microcarpum Lophira lanceolata Maranthes polyandra Parinari curatelliflora Sterculia setigera
Oil % 41.3 ± 1 32.7 ± 0.2 12 ± 0.3 50.4 ± 0.1 55.0 ± 0.6 38.5 ± 1.8 30.7 ± 0.6
Fatty acids              
Myristic acid 14:0   25.8          
Palmitic acid 16:0 15.4 18.8 9.6 28.6 20.6 6.7 25.8
Palmitoleic acid 16:1 n-7 0.1 0.3   0.1     0.3
Margaric acid 17:0 0.2            
Stearic acid 18:0 11.9 1.4 2.0 1.8 10.1 6.3 4.3
Oleic acid 18:1 n-9 22.9 44.5 28.0 17.2 19.2 36.2 16.4
Oleic acid 18:1 Trans              
Linoleic acid 18:2 n-6 47.1 8.1 39.5 32.7 14.7 10.2 19.8
Linolenic acid 18:3 0.1   3.0 0.2     0.3
Arachidic acid 20:0 0.4 0.2 0.9 1.9 1.5 0.5 0.4
Gondoic acid 20:1 n-9 0.1 0.6   1.9 1.0 1.2  
Behenic acid 22:0 0.3   10.1 14.4 0.3    
Erucic acid 22:1 n-9     0.8 0.5      
Lignoceric  acid 24:0 0.7   6.0 0.6      
others 0.8 C12:0: 0.3     *total: 32.6 **total: 38.9 ***total: 32.7
USFA 70.3 53.5 71.3 52.6 67.5 86.5 69.5
SFA 28.9 46.2 28.6 47.3 32.5 13.5 30.5
*α-Eleostearic acid = 30.5. β-Eleostearic acid = 1.4 others = 0.7
**α-Eleostearic acid = 36.5. β-Eleostearic acid = 1.7 others = 0.7
***Malvalic acid = 11.6. Sterculic acid = 20.0. others: 1.1
Table 1: Fatty Acid Composition (FAC) (wt%) of unconventional seed oils from Burkina Faso.