Table I. Fatty acid composition (w/w) of the developing endosperm, embryo, and mesocarp of oil palm (DAP). The significance of the effect of the developmental stage was tested by ANOVA (F and P values; *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01; ***, P < 0.001). Tissue | DAP | C8:0 | C10:0 | C12:0 | C14:0 | C16:0 | C18:0 | C18:1ω9 | C18:1ω7 | C18:2 | C18:3 | Others |
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Endosperm | 70 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 32.9 | 11.3 | 9.6 | 2.6 | 30.3 | 0.3 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| 100 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 54.3 | 14.7 | 6.3 | 1.7 | 11.4 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| 120 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 53.9 | 15.6 | 6.7 | 1.7 | 10.8 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| 140 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 51.3 | 16.2 | 7.7 | 2.1 | 11.4 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| 160 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 49.0 | 16.1 | 8.2 | 2.3 | 13.9 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| F | 10.5 | 7.9 | 20.3 | 32.0 | 6.4 | 4.6 | 47.7 | 93.0 | 89.0 | | |
| P | 0.001 | 0.003 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.008 | 0.023 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | | |
| | ** | ** | *** | *** | ** | * | *** | *** | *** | | |
Embryo | 85 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 27.0 | 3.9 | 29.5 | 5.6 | 28.8 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
| 100 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 24.9 | 3.8 | 35.3 | 5.1 | 23.9 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| 120 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 5.7 | 3.1 | 23.3 | 4.8 | 34.7 | 4.8 | 21.3 | 0.1 | 1.3 |
| 140 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 5.8 | 3.1 | 23.7 | 4.1 | 34.8 | 5.0 | 21.5 | 0.1 | 1.2 |
| 160 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 24.7 | 4.2 | 37.1 | 4.4 | 21.2 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| F | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 6.4 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 25.4 | 0.8 | |
| P | 0.084 | 0.080 | 0.096 | 0.041 | 0.006 | 0.159 | 0.018 | 0.347 | 0.000 | 0.552 | |
| | | | | * | ** | | * | | *** | | |
Mesocarp | 70 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 36.6 | 4.2 | 14.5 | 0.6 | 26.0 | 12.5 | 2.6 |
| 100 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 34.2 | 3.5 | 16.4 | 0.8 | 26.6 | 10.9 | 2.7 |
| 120 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 45.5 | 4.3 | 36.7 | 0.7 | 10.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| 140 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 42.3 | 6.7 | 39.6 | 0.4 | 8.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| 160 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 42.0 | 7.1 | 39.2 | 0.4 | 8.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| F | 3.7 | 5.7 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 51.4 | 97.7 | 334.8 | 29.3 | 534.5 | 1037.0 | |
| P | 0.049 | 0.015 | 0.045 | 0.057 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| | * | * | * | | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | |