Table 2. Comparison of fatty acid contents in specific soybean cultivar

Contents (mg/100 g) Soybean cultivars
Saedanbaek Jinyang Wooram
Saturated fatty acids
Palmitic acid (C16:0) 890.9±44.55e1) 1,392.1±69.61f 1,147.9±57.40e
Stearic acid (C18:0) 290.4±14.52f 490.8±24.54h 424.2±21.21f
Arachidic acid (C20:0) ND2) 37.5±1.88i 28.2±1.41g
Behenic aicd (C22:0) 4.7±0.24h 44.9±2.25i 37.3±1.87g
Lignoceric acid (C24:0) ND 16.6±0.83j 12.3±0.62h
Total 1,186±59.30d 1,981.9±99.10e 1,649.9±82.50d
Unsaturated fatty acids
Palmitoleic acid (C16:1) ND 8.3±0.42k 6.6±0.33i
Oleic acid (C18:1n9c) 2,175.8±108.79c 2,896.8±144.84d 2,717.0±135.85c
Linoleic acid (C18:2n6c) 8,258.0±412.90b 4,722.5±236.13c 6,665.5±333.28b
γ-Linolenic acid (C18:3n6) ND ND 1.8±0.09i
α-Linolenic acid (C18:3n3) 38.3±1.92g 537.9±26.90g 906.5±45.33e
Eicosenic acid (C20:1) ND 16.5±0.83j 14.2±0.71h
Eicosadienoic acid (C20:2) ND 18.8±0.94j 4.8±0.24i
Arachidonic acid (C20:4n6) ND 5.6±0.28k 3.4±0.17i
Erucic acid (C22:1n9) ND 9.2±0.46k 5.1±0.26i
Nervonic acid (C24:1) ND 4.8±0.24k 2.7±0.14i
Total 10,472.1±523.61a 8,220.4±411.02b 10,327.6±516.38a
Total fatty acids 11,658.0±582.90a 10,202.0±510.10a 11,978.0±598.90a
1)All values are presented as the mean±SD of triplicate determination. Means with different lowercase letters (a-k) indicate significant (p<0.05) differences of samples by Duncan’s multiple range test.
2)ND, not detected.