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The fatty acid composition of the seed fat from Swietenia macrophylla
Author(s) -
Chakrabarty M. M.,
Chowdhuri D. K.
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/bf02638072
Subject(s) - chemistry , iodine value , food science , composition (language) , palmitic acid , swietenia macrophylla , linoleic acid , linolenic acid , botany , fatty acid , organic chemistry , biology , philosophy , linguistics
Summary A light yellow oil was isolated in 50% yield from the decorticated seeds of Swietenia macrophylla kina grown in India. The unrefined oil had a slightly bitter taste and an iodine value of 109.7. Other properties are reported. By means of spectrophotometry, fractional crystallization, and methyl ester distillation, the oil was found to have the following fatty acid composition (as %): palmitic, 12.50; stearic, 16.42; arachidic, 0.56; oleic, 25.30; linoleic, 33.87; linolenic, 11.32. These values for linoleic and linolenic acid differ considerably from those previously reported for an oil from the same species grown in Mexico.