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Lactobacillic and methyl‐branched olefinic acids in Byrsocarpus coccineus seed oil
Author(s) -
Spencer Gayland F.,
PayneWahl Kathleen,
Plattner Ronald D.,
Kleiman Robert
Publication year - 1979
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/bf02533570
Subject(s) - lipidology , chemistry , botany , glyceride , fatty acid , clinical chemistry , biochemistry , biology
A detailed investigation of the seed oil of Byrsocarpus coccineus Schum. and Thonn. has disclosed cis ‐11,12‐methyleneoctadecanoic (lactobacillic) (13%) and two branched octadecenoic acids (0.1%). Other fatty acids in the oil are those normally associated with seed lipids except for an unusually high proportion (12%) of cis ‐11‐octadecenoic acid. Lactobacillic acid has long been known as a constituent of certain bacterial lipids, but this is the first report of its presence in a seed oil. The branched olefinic acids have not heretofore been found to occur in plants.