<p>1 Table 1</p><p>2 ANOVA results for the pressurized n-butane extraction yield of pecan nut oil. </p><p>Parameter SS a Df b MS c F-value p-value Temperature 86.49000 1 86.49000 22.33601 0.017949 Pressure 19.36000 1 19.36000 4.99971 0.111374 Error 11.61667 3 Total 117.4666 5</p><p>7 3 a Sum of squares; b Degrees of freedom; c Mean square.</p><p>4</p><p>5</p><p>1 6 Table 2</p><p>7 Fatty acids profile of pecan nut oil obtained by cold pressing, extraction with pressurized n-butane and commercial samples.</p><p>Fatty acid content (%) Assay Palmitic Stearic Oleic Linoleic Linolenic Arachidonic C16:0 C18:0 C18:1 C18:2 C18:3 C20:0 40 bar - 35 oC 6.2 ± 0.63 2.01 ± 0.10 64.94 ± 0.16 25.86 ± 0.86 0.98 ± 0.02 nd 40 bar - 55 oC 5.88 ± 0.17 2.08 ± 0.09 66.18 ± 0.04 24.84 ± 0.04 0.97 ± 0.04 nd 50 bar - 45 oC* 5.77 ± 0.11 2.09 ± 0.04 63.55 ± 0.03 25.51 ± 0.30 0.98 ± 0.02 nd 60 bar - 55 oC 6.62 ± 1.24 2.33 ± 0.39 64.65 ± 2.34 25.26 ± 0.52 1.10 ± 0.18 nd 60 bar - 35 oC 6.49 ± 0.69 2.48 ± 0.16 63.74 ± 1.16 26.17 ± 0.05 1.08 ± 0.27 nd Pressed nut 5.59 ± 0.20 2.12 ± 0.20 78.09 ± 0.16 13.63 ± 0.27 0.42 ± 0.08 0.11 ± 0.01 Commercial I 6.12 ± 0.07 1.95 ± 0.10 60.12 ± 0.08 30.28 ± 0.24 1.34 ± 0.01 0.07 ± 0.02 Commercial II 5.46 ± 0.06 1.92 ± 0.02 73.89 ± 0.12 18.06 ± 0.04 0.51 ± 0.00 0.12 ± 0.00 8 nd= not detected; * Mean of triplicate extractions runs.</p><p>9</p><p>2 10</p><p>11</p><p>12</p><p>13</p><p>14 Figure 1</p><p>15</p><p>16</p><p>3 17 List of Figure Captions</p><p>18</p><p>19</p><p>20 Fig. 1. Kinetics of pecan nut oil extraction using n-butane at 35 °C and 40 bar.</p><p>21</p><p>22</p><p>4</p>