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Characterization of naturally occurring α‐hydroxylinolenic acid
Author(s) -
Smith C. R.,
Wolff I. A.
Publication year - 1969
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/bf02531787
Subject(s) - lipidology , linolenic acid , clinical chemistry , fatty acid , chemistry , biochemistry , linoleic acid
The seed oil of Thymus vulgaris L. (Labiatae) contains 13% of a new unsaturated hydroxy fatty acid which has been characterized as α‐hydroxylinolenic acid. This oil also contains the previously unknown norlinolenic (all‐ cis ‐8,11,14‐heptadecatrienoic) acid (2%) and linolenic acid (55%). The co‐occurrence of these three acids suggests that the C 17 acid is biosynthesized by α‐oxidation of linolenic acid.