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Chemical composition of tobacco seeds ( Nicotiana tabacum L) from Argentina
Author(s) -
Maestri Damián M,
Guzmán Carlos A
Publication year - 1993
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.2740610214
Subject(s) - sterol , nicotiana tabacum , chemistry , palmitic acid , linoleic acid , composition (language) , food science , botany , chemical composition , chromatography , biochemistry , biology , cholesterol , fatty acid , organic chemistry , gene , linguistics , philosophy
The lipid constituents, free fatty acids, triglycerides, sterol esters and free sterols of 11 cultivars of tobacco from Argentina were investigated by gas‐liquid chromatography. Palmitic, oleic and linoleic acids were the major components in all fractions studied. Sitosterol was the main component of the free sterol and sterol ester fractions. Oil and protein contents, as well as some physicochemical characteristics of the oils, are also reported.