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The occurrence of a furanoid fatty acid in Hevea brasiliensis latex
Author(s) -
Hasma H.,
Subramaniam A.
Publication year - 1978
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/bf02533847
Subject(s) - hevea brasiliensis , lipidology , chemistry , fatty acid , triglyceride , natural rubber , organic chemistry , clinical chemistry , chromatography , gas chromatography , biochemistry , cholesterol
Methyl esters from the triglyceride fraction of the neutral lipids of natural rubber latex were found by gas liquid chromatography to contain about 90% of a furanoid acid. Spectroscopic analysis identified the acid as 10,13‐epoxy‐11‐methyloctadeca‐10,12‐dienoic acid.