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Search for new industrial oils. V. Oils of cruciferae
Author(s) -
Mikolajczak K. L.,
Miwa T. K.,
Earle F. R.,
Wolff I. A.,
Jones Quentin
Publication year - 1961
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/bf02633053
Subject(s) - erucic acid , crucifer , chemistry , fatty acid , composition (language) , botany , food science , biology , organic chemistry , art , literature
Seeds from 37 species of plants in the family Cruciferae were analyzed for oil and protein, and the fatty acid composition of the oils was determined by gas‐liquid chromatography. Erucic acid, generally considered characteristic of crucifer oils, occurs in about three‐fourths of these species in amounts ranging from 3 to 59%. Some oils free of erucic acid contain up to 63% linolenic acid or up to 58% eicosenoic.