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

Table 5 Pearson’s correlation coefficients between fatty acids composition, region and the extraction procedure

		Region	Extraction procedure	Palmitic acid	Stearic acid	Oleic acid	Linoleic acid	Total SFA	Total UFA	P/S index	UFA/SFA ratio
Region	r	1
Region	P-value	–
Extraction procedure	r	0,059	1
Extraction procedure	P-value	0,900
Palmitic acid	r	−0,861*	−0,035	1
Palmitic acid	P-value	0,028	0,947
Stearic acid	r	−0,817*	−0,062	0,990**	1
Stearic acid	P-value	0,025	0,895	0,000
Oleic acid	r	−0,569	−0,391	0,944**	0,843*	1
Oleic acid	P-value	0,182	0,386	0,005	0,017
Linoleic acid	r	0,899*	0,510	−0,966**	−0,966**	−0,996**	1
Linoleic acid	P-value	0,038	0,380	0,008	0,008	0,000
Total SFA	r	−0,785*	−0,054	0,999**	0,996**	0,863*	−0,968**	1
Total SFA	P-value	0,036	0,909	0,000	0,000	0,012	0,007
Total UFA	r	0,748	0,112	−0,961**	−0,965**	−0,861*	0,981**	−0,964**	1
Total UFA	P-value	0,053	0,811	0,002	0,000	0,013	0,003	0,000
P/S index	r	0,699	0,157	−0,992**	−0,961**	−0,946**	0,987**	−0,969**	0,961**	1
P/S index	P-value	0,081	0,737	0,000	0,001	0,001	0,002	0,000	0,001
UFA/SFA ratio	r	0,764*	0,006	−0,991**	−0,992**	−0,858*	0,963**	−0,993**	0,972**	0,976**	1
UFA/SFA ratio	P-value	0,046	0,989	0,000	0,000	0,014	0,009	0,000	0,000	0,000	–

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