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Epoxy and cyclopropenoid fatty acids in Amaranthus paniculatus seed oil
Author(s) -
Mahmood Chirag,
Daulatabad Jehan D,
Hosamani Kallappa M
Publication year - 1992
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.2740580123
Subject(s) - chemistry , palmitic acid , food science , stearic acid , linoleic acid , oleic acid , botany , fatty acid , organic chemistry , biology , biochemistry
Amaranthus paniculatus (L) syn Amaranthus caudatus , (L) seed oil contains palmitic (19‐4%), stearic (3‐9%), oleic (21‐9%), linoleic (43‐9%), vernolic (7‐8%), malvalic (1‐5%) and sterculic (1‐6%) acids. These fatty acids were characterised by IR, NMR, MS and GLC techniques and by chemical degradations.