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Fatty acid composition of seed oils of the meliaceae, including one genus rich in cis ‐vaccenic acid
Author(s) -
Kleiman Robert,
PayneWahl Kathleen L.
Publication year - 1984
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/bf02540810
Subject(s) - vaccenic acid , meliaceae , fatty acid , genus , biology , botany , chemistry , food science , linoleic acid , biochemistry , conjugated linoleic acid
The seed lipids of three species of Entandraphragma (Meliaceae) contain the largest proportion (31–50%) of cis ‐vaccenic acid ever found in nature. The acid is not indicative of the family as a whole and is found as a major fatty acid in the seed of only one additional species, besides Entandraphragma , out of the 30 analyzed from this family. With the total oil comprising between 45 and 62% of Entandraphragma seed, these species should be considered as a source of undecadioic acid for the production of nylon 11.