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Table 2 Fatty acid composition (g/100 g) of different parts of Zizyphus lotus (L.)

From: Zizyphus lotus L. (Desf.) modulates antioxidant activity and human T-cell proliferation

Fatty acids

Seeds

Leaves

Stem

Pulp

Root

Statistiques

14:0

0.15 ± 0.028

0

0

0

0

 

16:0

10.8 ± 1.80a

43.41 ± 1.82b

33.80 ± 1.95c

27.59 ± 1.77d

38.76 ± 1.59e

b:a, c, d, e p < 0.001

16:1

0.130 ± 0.22a

5.96 ± 0.63b

0

0

0

a:b p < 0.001

18:0

5.45 ± 1.50a

22.15 ± 1.31b

24.40 ± 1.62c

11.25 ± 1.31d

22.00 ± 0.69e

c:d, a p < 0.001

18:1n-9

62.79 ± 1.33a

6.30 ± 1.50 b

21.73 ± 194c

24.52 ± 0.13d

19.73 ± 1.80e

a:b, c, d, e p < 0.001

18:2n-6

14.22 ± 1.96 a

6.20 ± 1.67b

11.10 ± 1.72c

36.63 ± 1.26d

13.24 ± 0.11e

d:a, b, c, e p < 0.001

18:3n-3

1.30 ± 0.64a

9.15 ± 1.95b

0

0

0

a:b p < 0.001

19:0

0

0

0

0

0

 

20:1

3.12 ± 1.40a

2.17 ± 0.31b

0

0

0

a:b NS

20:2n-9

0.20 ± 0.057a

1.53 ± 0.60b

0

0

0

a:b NS

20:3n-3

0.83 ± 0.035a

0

8.95 ± 0.91b

0

2.59 ± 0.63c

b: a, c p < 0.001

20:4n-6

0

1.58 ± 0.95

0

0

0

 

20:0

0.1 ± 0.058

0

0

0

0

 

24:0

0.9 ± 0.92a

1.54 ± 0.61b

0

0

3.66 ± 1.18c

c:a, b p < 0.001

  1. Different fatty acids were determined as described in materials and methods section. Values are means ± SEM. Each value represents the mean of three determinations. NS = insignificant differences