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Table 1 Typical fatty acid composition (%) of soybean oil and castor oil (Meneghetti et al. 2006, 2007)

From: A sustainable process for biodiesel production using Zn/Mg oxidic species as active, selective and reusable heterogeneous catalysts

Fatty acid

Fatty acid content (%)

Soybean oil

Castor oil

Myristic (14:0)

0.2

–

Palmitic (16:0)

16.0

1.8

Stearic (18:0)

2.4

–

Oleic (18:1)

23.5

–

Linoleic (18:2)

51.2

11.2

Linolenic (18:3)

8.5

–

Ricinoleic (18:0(OH))

–

87.0

Total C18

85.6

98.2

Free fatty acids (FFA)

0.1

1.2

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