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The component acids of Carica papaya (caricaceae) seed oil
Author(s) -
Badami R. C.,
Daulatabad C. D.
Publication year - 1967
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.2740180808
Subject(s) - carica , chemistry , chromatography , palmitic acid , food science , botany , biology , organic chemistry , fatty acid
By the application of reversed‐phase partition column chromatography, the oil from the seeds of Carica papaya was found to contain the following acids: lauric, 0.4%; myristic, 0.4%; palmitic, 16.2%; stearic, 5.0%; arachidic, 0.9%; behenic, 1.6%; hexadecenoic, 0.8%; oleic, 74.3%; and linoleic, 0.4%.