Nutraceutical potentialities of Tunisian Argan oil based on its physicochemical properties and fatty acid content as assessed through Bayesian network analyses

Table 4 Fatty acids composition of Argan oil according to the origin and procedure of extraction

	Fatty acids	Tunisia solvent extraction	Morocco cold pressing extraction (cosmetic)	Morocco solvent extraction [33]	Morocco cold pressing extraction (edible) [35]	Algeria solvent extraction [36] (Tindouf)	Algeria cold pressing extraction [45] (Tindouf)	Algeria solvent extraction [36] (Mostaganem)
SFA	Palmitic acid C16:0	16,13	14,43	12,79	13,5	13, 84	13	12, 28
SFA	Stearic acid C18:0	7,10	6,17	5,35	5,5	5, 68	5,2	4, 72
UFA	Oleic acid C18:1	52,53	47,17	45,53	47	50,30	44,3	45,02
UFA	Linoleic acid C18:2	24,24	32,22	34,64	33	28, 99	35,8	36, 80
Total SFA		23,23	20,60	18,14	19	19,52	18,2	17
Total UFA		76,77	79,39	80,17	80	79,29	80,1	81,82
P/S index		1,04	1,56	1,91	1,74	1,48	1,97	2,16
UFA/SFA ratio		3,30	3,85	4,42	4,21	4,06	4,40	4,81

P poly-insaturated, S saturated, SFA Saturated fatty acids, UFA Unsaturated fatty acids

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