Chemometric Approach to Fatty Acid Composition in Green and Mature Seeds of Selected Faba Bean ( Vicia faba L.) Populations from Serbia

Fatty acid composition in green and mature seeds of selected faba bean (Vicia faba L.) populations from Serbia was examined by Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. The average concentrations of palmitic, stearic, and linoleic acids are higher in mature seed samples − 14.98%, 7.46%, and 48.39%, respectively, compared to green seed samples, which contain 14.93%, 6.68%, and 47.59% of these fatty acids. Green seeds exhibit a higher average oleic acid content at 30.80%, whereas mature seeds contain 29.17%.The results were statistically processed using statistical techniques: discriminant analysis (DA), principal component analysis (PCA), and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA).