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Fatty acids, sterols and other steroids from seeds of Patagonian Prosopis species
Author(s) -
Mazzuca Marcia,
Balzaretti Vilma T
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.1510
Subject(s) - chemistry , steroid , botany , stigmasterol , sterol , campesterol , linoleic acid , biology , food science , cholesterol , biochemistry , fatty acid , chromatography , hormone
Seeds of Prosopis alpataco , P denudans var denudans , P denudans var patagonica and P denudans var stenocarpa were analysed for fatty acids and sterols. The seed lipids contained a relatively large proportion of unsaturated fatty acids, with linoleic and oleic acids being predominant. β‐Sitosterol was the major steroid in all species studied. In P alpataco seeds, stigmasta‐1,3,5‐triene and stigmasta‐4,6‐dien‐3‐one were also identified. Copyright © 2003 Society of Chemical Industry