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Studies on fixed oil of seeds of Sida acuta burm
Author(s) -
Rao R. E.,
Dixit V. K.,
Varma K. C.
Publication year - 1973
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/bf02640471
Subject(s) - unsaponifiable , fraction (chemistry) , palmitic acid , chemistry , composition (language) , chemical composition , oleic acid , food science , botany , biology , fatty acid , organic chemistry , linguistics , philosophy
The fixed oil of the seeds of S. acuta growing around the University of Saugar campus was studied for its physico‐chemical characteristics and fatty acid composition. The percentage of fixed oil was found to be higher than, and its composition differed from, that reported earlier. The saponifiable fraction was found to have oleic, linoleic, palmitic, stearic, myristic and plamitoleic acids, whereas the unsaponifiable fraction contained β‐amyrin, β‐sitosterol and an unknown waxy nonsteroidal substance.