Table 3. Fatty acid content of three soybean cultivars grown in three different regions
Cultivation Region | Cultivar | Fatty acid content (mg/g) | Total fatty acid content (mg/g) | Un-saturated fatty acid (mg/g) | Saturated fatty acid (mg/g) | Ratio (unsaturated/total) | Ratio (saturated/total) |
Omega-7 | Omega-9 | Omega-6 | Omega-3 | Arachidic acid (icosanoic acid) (C20:0) | Omega-9 | Behenic acid (C22:0) |
Palmitic acid (C16:0) | Stearic acid (C18:0) | Oleic acid (C18:1) | Linoleic acid (C18:2) | ɑ-linolenic acid (C18:3) | Eicosenoic acid (C20:1) |
Suwon | Daewonkong | 24.89d1) | 7.85cd | 51.53d | 123.26b | 16.64de | 0.79cd | 0.51bc | 1.21de | 226.68bc | 191.95c | 34.74e | 0.85a | 0.15b |
Seonyu2ho | 27.42c | 9.17b | 63.41b | 107.65f | 14.50f | 0.98ab | 0.57b | 1.46b | 225.16c | 186.13de | 39.03bc | 0.83b | 0.17a |
Seonpung | 25.58d | 7.33e | 45.13f | 130.50a | 22.76a | 0.69d | 0.47c | 1.14e | 233.58b | 198.85b | 34.73ef | 0.85a | 0.15b |
Daegu | Daewonkong | 22.71e | 8.00c | 55.94c | 113.14de | 14.79ef | 0.80c | 0.51bc | 1.28cd | 217.17d | 184.38e | 32.79f | 0.85a | 0.15b |
Seonyu2ho | 28.89ab | 9.31ab | 55.54c | 118.25c | 16.66de | 0.96b | 0.54bc | 1.38bc | 231.54bc | 191.00cd | 40.54ab | 0.82b | 0.18a |
Seonpung | 28.00bc | 6.90f | 48.80e | 114.91cd | 17.52cd | 0.76cd | 0.47c | 1.23de | 218.60d | 181.71e | 36.89d | 0.83b | 0.17a |
Gimje | Daewonkong | 25.49d | 7.50de | 51.00d | 126.92ab | 19.74b | 0.74cd | 0.52bc | 1.20de | 233.11b | 198.18b | 34.92e | 0.85a | 0.15b |
Seonyu2ho | 28.77abc | 9.55a | 79.12a | 110.30ef | 14.58f | 1.07a | 0.68a | 1.64a | 245.70a | 204.67a | 41.03a | 0.83b | 0.17a |
Seonpung | 29.73a | 6.91f | 51.89d | 123.29b | 18.72bc | 0.76cd | 0.52bc | 1.20de | 233.02b | 194.42bc | 38.59c | 0.83b | 0.17a |
Mean | | 26.83 | 8.06 | 55.82 | 118.69 | 17.32 | 0.84 | 0.53 | 1.30 | 229.39 | 192.37 | 37.03 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
Different superscript letters in the same colomn indicate significant differences (p<0.05) by Duncan’s multiple range test.