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The fatty acid composition of the seeds of Ginkgo biloba
Author(s) -
Hierro Maria Teresa G.,
Robertson Graeme,
Christie William W.,
Joh YongGoe
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02518110
Subject(s) - ginkgo biloba , chemistry , fatty acid , chromatography , mass spectrometry , gas chromatography , composition (language) , gas chromatography–mass spectrometry , ginkgo , infrared spectroscopy , organic chemistry , botany , biology , linguistics , philosophy
The fatty acid composition of seeds of Ginkgo biloba has been examined by a combination of capillary gas chromatography, silver ion high‐performance liquid chromatography and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Some of the fatty acids identified are unusual in plants and were rather different from those reported earlier. These include an anteiso ‐methyl branched fatty acid, 14‐methylhexadecanoic acid, 5,9‐octadecadienoic acid, and 5,9,12‐octadecatrienoic acid. Fourier‐transform infrared spectroscopy confirmed that all of the double bonds were of the cis ‐configuration.