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Composition of the seed oil of sterculia foetida, Linn
Author(s) -
Varma J. P.,
Dasgupta Sharda,
Nath Bhola,
Aggarwal J. S.
Publication year - 1957
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/bf02638003
Subject(s) - glyceride , chemistry , palmitic acid , myristic acid , composition (language) , linoleic acid , oleic acid , botany , food science , fatty acid , organic chemistry , biology , biochemistry , linguistics , philosophy
Summary Sterculia foetida oil has been found to contain 71.8% of sterculic acid and minor proportions of oleic, linoleic, and saturated acids. The saturated component consists mostly of myristic and palmitic acids. The oil consists of traces of tristearin (0.8%) and a major quantity of tristerculin (31.4%) together with different amounts of the glycerides of the type GS 2 U, GSU 2 , and GU 3 of other fatty acids.