Table 2 Weight % of fatty acid and ratio between omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids

Fatty acids	Oil seeds (unit: weight %)
	Sesame seed	Flax seed	Peanut	Soybean	Corn
Myristic acid (14:0)	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.00	0.00
Myristic acid (14:1)	0.15	0.20	0.07	0.41	3.25
Palmitic acid (16:0)	9.83	5.45	11.83	11.65	21.56
Palmitoleic acid (16:1)	0.13	0.24	0.10	0.24	4.46
Stearic acid (18:0)	6.73	3.84	4.84	3.73	9.69
Oleic acid (18:1n9)	39.80	19.78	39.27	25.20	23.46
Linoleic acid (18:2n6)	42.38	16.86	40.97	49.08	37.57
Linolenic acid (18:3n3)	0.35	53.43	0.33	9.17	0.00
Arachidic acid (20:0)	0.44	0.21	1.82	0.51	0.00
Arachidic acid (20:1)	0.18	0.00	0.72	0.00	0.00
SAFA	17.00	9.49	18.55	15.89	31.24
MUFA	40.27	20.22	40.15	25.86	31.18
PUFA	42.74	70.29	41.30	58.25	37.57
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
ω6 /ω3	120.63	0.32	124.47	5.35

Footnote: SAFA = saturated fatty acids, MUFA = monounsaturated fatty acids, and PUFA = polyunsaturated fatty acids.