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Oxygenated fatty acids of oil from sunflower seeds after prolonged storage
Author(s) -
Mikolajczak K. L.,
Freidinger R. M.,
Smith C. R.,
Wolff I. A.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02530891
Subject(s) - sunflower , chemistry , helianthus annuus , sunflower oil , fatty acid , sunflower seed , food science , organic chemistry , horticulture , biology
Chemical analysis of a number of sunflower ( Helianthus annuus ) seed oil samples revealed a low and variable percentage of hydrogen bromide‐reactive material. To characterize the compounds responsible for this reactivity, oil was extracted from selected introductions from Uruguay, Turkey, and Yugoslavia that had been subjected to prolonged storage. Two epoxy fatty acids and two conjugated dienolic acids were isolated from the methyl esters derived from these sunflower seed oils by using a combination of column chromatography and countercurrent distribution. The epoxy acids are cis ‐9,10‐epoxystearic acid (0.5%) and cis ‐9,10‐epoxy‐ cis ‐12‐octadecenoic (coronaric) acid (2.2%). Characterization of the dienols revealed that they are 9‐hydroxy‐ trans ‐10, cis ‐12‐octadecadienoic acid (1.2%) and 13‐hydroxy‐ cis ‐9, trans ‐11‐octadecadienoic acid (1.3%). Fresher seed of some of these introductions contained less of the oxygenated components. Oil from recently produced seed of selected high‐oil Russian sunflower varieties, including some currently grown in the United States, contained no more than trace amounts of oxygenated acids. Though the relative contributions of genetic and environmental factors toward genesis of oxygenated acids are not established, increase of those acids in some sunflower lines as a result of storage has been demonstrated.