## 3 Results and Discussion
### Fatty Acid Profiles of Oils and Microencapsules
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Fatty Acids**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Concentration of Fatty Acids (\%) *} \\ \cline{3-6}  & **KY** & **KY (i:1)** & **KY (1:4)** & **KY (1:10)** \\ \hline
1 & Lauric acid (C12:0) & 0.02 \(\pm\) 0.01 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 0.02 \(\pm\) 0.01 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 0.02 \(\pm\) 0.01 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 0.02 \(\pm\) 0.01 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) \\
2 & Miristic acid (C14:0) & 0.00 \(\pm\) 0.00 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 0.12 \(\pm\) 0.01 \({}^{\mathrm{d}}\) & 0.04 \(\pm\) 0.00 \({}^{\mathrm{c}}\) & 0.03 \(\pm\) 0.01 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) \\
3 & Palmitic acid (C16:0) & 16.55 \(\pm\) 0.03 \({}^{\mathrm{ab}}\) & 16.83 \(\pm\) 0.09 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 16.37 \(\pm\) 0.43 \({}^{\mathrm{ab}}\) & 16.32 \(\pm\) 0.19 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) \\
4 & Palmitoleic acid (C16:1) & 2.22 \(\pm\) 0.01 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 2.41 \(\pm\) 0.07 \({}^{\mathrm{c}}\) & 1.81 \(\pm\) 0.13 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 1.84 \(\pm\) 0.09 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) \\
5 & Margaric acid (C17:0) & 0.41 \(\pm\) 0.02 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 0.40 \(\pm\) 0.02 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 0.30 \(\pm\) 0.01 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 0.30 \(\pm\) 0.02 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) \\
6 & Cis-10-Heptadecenoid acid (C17:1) & 0.54 \(\pm\) 0.02 \({}^{\mathrm{c}}\) & 0.58 \(\pm\) 0.01 \({}^{\mathrm{d}}\) & 0.45 \(\pm\) 0.02 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 0.35 \(\pm\) 0.01 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) \\
7 & Stearic acid (C16:0) & 8.25 \(\pm\) 0.14 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 7.93 \(\pm\) 0.24 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 7.33 \(\pm\) 0.28 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 7.55 \(\pm\) 0.27 \({}^{\mathrm{ab}}\) \\
8 & Oleic acid (C18:1) & 57.82 \(\pm\) 1.40 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 58.05 \(\pm\) 1.22 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 58.64 \(\pm\) 2.18 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 58.49 \(\pm\) 1.54 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) \\
9 & Linoleic acid (C18:2) & 10.15 \(\pm\) 0.30 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 9.90 \(\pm\) 0.41 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 11.24 \(\pm\) 0.25 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 11.18 \(\pm\) 0.28 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) \\
10 & Arachidic acid (C20:0) & 1.50 \(\pm\) 0.05 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 1.32 \(\pm\) 0.03 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 1.43 \(\pm\) 0.03 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 1.46 \(\pm\) 0.09 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) \\
11 & Cis-11-Eicosenoic acid (C20:1) & 0.68 \(\pm\) 0.02 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 0.58 \(\pm\) 0.04 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 0.64 \(\pm\) 0.03 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 0.65 \(\pm\) 0.03 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) \\
12 & Linoleic acid (C18:3) & 1.21 \(\pm\) 0.08 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 1.35 \(\pm\) 0.04 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 1.20 \(\pm\) 0.03 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 1.23 \(\pm\) 0.02 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) \\
13 & Docosanoic acid (C22:0) & 0.42 \(\pm\) 0.02 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 0.36 \(\pm\) 0.02 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 0.36 \(\pm\) 0.01 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 0.40 \(\pm\) 0.01 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) \\
14 & Lignoseric acid (C24:0) & 0.22 \(\pm\) 0.01 \({}^{\mathrm{c}}\) & 0.15 \(\pm\) 0.01 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 0.17 \(\pm\) 0.01 \({}^{\mathrm{ab}}\) & 0.18 \(\pm\) 0.02 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) \\  & Saturated fatty acids (MFAs) & 27.37 & 27.13 & 26.02 & 26.26 \\  & Monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) & 61.26 & 61.62 & 61.54 & 61.33 \\  & Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) & 11.36 & 11.25 & 12.44 & 12.41 \\  & Unsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs + PUFAs) & 72.62 & 72.87 & 73.98 & 73.74 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
* Results are the mean value of three replications and standard deviation (mean \(\pm\) std dev.) of fatty acids. Concentration of oils and microcapsule samples with different lowercase letters (a–c) in the same row are statistically significant (\(p<0.05\)).  
\end{table} 
Table 6: Fatty acid composition of KY olive oil and microcapsule products.