Table 1 Fatty acid composition (mol%) of tobacco seeds from wild type and fad2–2 mutant plants

16:0

12.1 ± 0.9

8.6 ± 0.7

8.5 ± 0.6

10.2 ± 0.8

8.3 ± 0.8

8.5 ± 0.9

18:0

3.3 ± 0.5

4.1 ± 0.3

3.7 ± 0.1

3.1 ± 0.4

3.9 ± 0.5

3.4 ± 0.1

18:1^Δ9

11.6 ± 0.7

79.6 ± 3.6

78.5 ± 2.8

9.1 ± 0.5

78.6 ± 4.2

77.9 ± 3.7

18:2^{Δ9, 12}

72.4 ± 3.1

6.8 ± 0.2

8.4 ± 0.6

76.7 ± 4.3

7.2 ± 0.4

9.1 ± 0.8

18:3^{Δ9, 12, 15}

0.6 ± 0.06

0.9 ± 0.08

0.8 ± 0.06

0.9 ± 0.08

1.0 ± 0.1

0.9 ± 0.1