Open AccessThe chemical composition of vegetable seed fats in relation to the natural orders of plants
Publication year - 1928
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series b, containing papers of a biological character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9185
pISSN - 0950-1193
DOI - 10.1098/rspb.1928.0028
Subject(s) - myristic acid , erucic acid , composition (language) , food science , lauric acid , crucifer , chemistry , fatty acid , biology , botany , organic chemistry , palmitic acid , rapeseed , linguistics , philosophy
Analyses, by recent and improved methods, of the mixed fatty acids from various seed fats are now available in a number of different cases, and show, more definitely than hitherto, that the seed fats of members of the same botanical group frequency possess strongly marked specific resemblances. It has been recognised, of course, for a considerable time that seed fats from plants belonging to the same or nearly allied botanical orders often contain similar, and to a certain extent specific, mixtures of fatty acids. Thus, the fats from fruits of thePalmæ are marked by the presence of relatively large quantities of lauric acid, whilst myristic acid is prominent in those of theMyristiceæ , and erucic acid in seeds of theCruciferæ ,