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Tall oil: Isolation of the branched‐chain fatty acid (+)‐14‐methylhexadecanoic acid and of the straight‐chain acid palmitic acid
Author(s) -
Hansen R. P.,
Cooke N. June
Publication year - 1957
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.2740080806
Subject(s) - palmitic acid , fatty acid , chemistry , long chain , food science , wool , biology , biochemistry , polymer science , archaeology , history
Investigations on a sample of New Zealand tall oil produced in the manufacture of wood pulp from New Zealand‐grown Pinus radiata , have shown it to contain trace quantities of the branched‐chain fatty acid (+)‐14‐methylhexadecanoic acid. Palmitic acid has also been shown to be present. Branched‐chain acids have not formerly been detected in tall oil, although their presence in wool grease, 1 milk fat, 2,3 animal depot fats, 4,5 shark‐liver oil, 6,7 the coccygeal glands of ducks and geese, 8 and the lipids of certain bacilli 9,10 is well established.