Artigo Revisado por pares

Occurrence of Cis ‐6‐hexadecenoic acid as the major component of Thunbergia alata seed oil

1971; Wiley; Volume: 6; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/bf02531295

ISSN

1558-9307

Autores

Gayland F. Spencer, R. Kleiman, R. W. Miller, F. R. Earle,

Tópico(s)

Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis

Resumo

An unusual series of monoenoic fatty acids constitutes about 85% of the total acids in seed oil fromThunbergia alata. The major component in the oil,cis-6-hexadecenoic acid (82%), is accompanied by the homologous 4-tetradecenoic (ca. 0.2%) and 8-octadecenoic (1.8%) acids. Another homologous series is represented by 5-tetradecenoic (ca. 0.2%), 7-hexadecenoic (1.8%) and the familiar 9-octadecenoic (4.4%) acids. Traces (<0.1%) of three other acids, 6-tetradecenoic and 10- and 11-octadecenoic, are also present along with palmitic (5.8%), stearic (0.6%) and linoleic (2.2%) acids. Some of the monoenoic acids have not previously been known to occur in seed oils.

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