Acorn Oil: Chemistry and Functionality

Table 4

Tocopherol homologue content (mg/kg oil) of acorn oils.

Acorn species	Origin	Tocopherols					Reference
		α-Tocopherol	ß-Tocopherol	γ-Tocopherol	&-Tocopherol	Total (mg/kg)
Q. Aegilops	Jordan	230	—	1210	—	1440	[2]
Q. infectoria		171	—	1612	—	1783
Q. calliprinos		141	—	1501	—	1642
Q. faginea	Spain	6.96	—	24.33	0.54	31.83	[15]
Q. suber		9.50	—	21.16	0.94	31.60
Q. pyrenaica		10.25	—	21.44	0.60	32.29
Q. coccifera		5.48	—	26.05	1.01	32.54
Q. ilex		11.63	—	32.19	1.44	45.25
Q. ilex (Zaghouan)	Tunisia	3.92	—	93.30	—	181.47	[17]
Q. suber (Nabeul)		4.03	—	95.97	—	125.26
Q. rubra	Latvia	42	725	5	11	784	[13]
Q. robur		55	9	4298	116	4477
Q. ilex	Algeria	244	403		16.33	664.58	[21]
Q. suber		126	389		13.66	530.16
Q. coccifera		138	422		19.73	579.84