Table 2 The concentration of four main fatty acids (mg/g) in the green coffee beans; group 1 (1500–1700 m), group 2 (1701–1900 m) and group 3 (> 1900 m)
From: Effect of altitude of coffee plants on the composition of fatty acids of green coffee beans
Sample region | Altitude (masl) | Palmitic acid (mg/g) | Stearic acid (mg/g) | Oleic acid (mg/g) | Linoleic acid (mg/g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group 1 | 1512 | 98.6 ± 2.7 | 8.53 ± 0.83 | 6.0 ± 0.45 | 38.3 ± 3.4 |
1518 | 84.0 ± 2.1 | 21.3 ± 0.88 | 12.9 ± 0.90 | 93.7 ± 3.3 | |
1528 | 44.9 ± 4.8 | 23.6 ± 3.3 | 13.6 ± 0.75 | 82.9 ± 3.3 | |
1578 | 79.0 ± 5.1 | 18.5 ± 3.1 | 8.2 ± 0.14 | 59.0 ± 2.2 | |
1605 | 72.5 ± 3.5 | 16.7 ± 3.1 | 10.8 ± 1.3 | 64.5 ± 3.0 | |
1618 | 57.8 ± 1.8 | 16.2 ± 2.3 | 13.5 ± 1.68 | 96.2 ± 5.6 | |
1655 | 77.1 ± 5.4 | 9.93 ± 0.88 | 8.00 ± 0.29 | 50.9 ± 1.8 | |
1655 | 54.2 ± 2.7 | 10.1 ± 0.70 | 7.8 ± 0.79 | 45.1 ± 2.4 | |
Group 2 | 1715 | 89.0 ± 3.9 | 10.4 ± 0.86 | 7.9 ± 0.57 | 47.3 ± 4.2 |
1735 | 50.0 ± 3.4 | 14.5 ± 0.91 | 12.4 ± 1.1 | 71.1 ± 5.8 | |
1753 | 47.4 ± 3.5 | 26.1 ± 2.5 | 14.4 ± 1.2 | 66.3 ± 4.3 | |
1775 | 46.5 ± 1.9 | 12.3 ± 1.6 | 9.10 ± 0.27 | 67.8 ± 3.4 | |
1780 | 69.1 ± 5.3 | 6.86 ± 0.84 | 3.50 ± 0.17 | 36.3 ± 5.4 | |
1786 | 71.2 ± 3.2 | 10.60 ± 1.0 | 6.6 ± 1.4 | 40.5 ± 2.8 | |
1825 | 56.8 ± 4.4 | 8.02 ± 0.86 | 7.7 ± 0.92 | 33.6 ± 2.7 | |
1828 | 52.6 ± 1.8 | 9.20 ± 0.52 | 6.5 ± 0.90 | 47.6 ± 3.8 | |
1848 | 43.8 ± 1.8 | 12.7 ± 1.3 | 11.7 ± 0.98 | 70.2 ± 2.4 | |
1857 | 55.2 ± 3.0 | 9.37 ± 0.96 | 7.0 ± 0.14 | 42.8 ± 2.1 | |
1857 | 50.1 ± 3.2 | 16.2 ± 2.6 | 12.8 ± 1.2 | 73.5 ± 5.8 | |
1858 | 49.1 ± 3.8 | 8.66 ± 1.1 | 5.6 ± 0.68 | 36.9 ± 2.0 | |
1859 | 50.1 ± 3.3 | 23.0 ± 3.0 | 10.9 ± 0.71 | 36.0 ± 3.3 | |
1865 | 44.6 ± 2.2 | 14.3 ± 1.5 | 17.4 ± 0.16 | 85.1 ± 4.7 | |
1867 | 48.4 ± 2.7 | 9.56 ± 0.80 | 6.0 ± 0.18 | 42.5 ± 3.8 | |
1871 | 37.5 ± 2.6 | 3.03 ± 0.10 | 4.9 ± 0.0 | 40.4 ± 4.3 | |
1871 | 47.8 ± 3.0 | 7.24 ± 0.54 | 4.4 ± 0.21 | 35.1 ± 3.3 | |
1878 | 82.9 ± 4.1 | 9.60 ± 1.1 | 11.8 ± 0.37 | 46.4 ± 4.1 | |
1888 | 64.3 ± 4.6 | 19.1 ± 1.3 | 16.6 ± 0.77 | 86.2 ± 1.4 | |
Group 3 | 1909 | 47.5 ± 3.8 | 23.5 ± 2.5 | 11.1 ± 0.81 | 25.2 ± 2.8 |
1909 | 43.3 ± 4.5 | 9.66 ± 1.2 | 5.3 ± 0.05 | 49.2 ± 4.3 | |
1923 | 35.7 ± 2.9 | 11.5 ± 0.86 | 11.3 ± 0.69 | 50.6 ± 4.4 | |
1950 | 41.5 ± 5.7 | 13.5 ± 2.1 | 6.6 ± 0.7 | 42.4 ± 4.7 | |
1952 | 48.0 ± 3.8 | 8.04 ± 0.98 | 11.1 ± 1.1 | 25.6 ± 2.5 | |
1960 | 40.0 ± 1.6 | 8.91 ± 0.38 | 5.2 ± 0.15 | 39.6 ± 3.0 | |
1988 | 87.8 ± 3.7 | 8.55 ± 0.88 | 5.9 ± 0.68 | 42.8 ± 3.3 | |
1988 | 43.9 ± 2.7 | 3.63 ± 0.57 | 6.2 ± 0.40 | 42.4 ± 4.1 | |
1990 | 40.7 ± 3.6 | 7.71 ± 1.0 | 5.7 ± 0.14 | 39.9 ± 2.0 | |
1990 | 26.6 ± 1.9 | 8.00 ± 1.1 | 5.6 ± 0.18 | 29.3 ± 2.9 | |
1998 | 42.5 ± 4.3 | 8.53 ± 0.86 | 7.8 ± 0.90 | 38.3 ± 2.8 | |
1998 | 38.8 ± 2.5 | 7.47 ± 0.86 | 5.7 ± 0.58 | 40.4 ± 2.5 | |
2210 | 45.9 ± 4.0 | 11.1 ± 1.7 | 7.9 ± 0.69 | 45.8 ± 4.9 | |
Average | 55.5 | 12.3 | 8.92 | 51.6 | |
Maximum | 98.6 | 26.1 | 17.4 | 96.2 | |
Minimum | 26.8 | 3.03 | 3.54 | 25.2 | |