Premium
Composition of unsaponifiable lipid from seed oils of Panax ginseng and P. quiquefolium
Author(s) -
Matsumoto Taro,
Akihisa ne Itoh Toshihiro,
Soma Shinichi,
Takido Michio,
Takahashi Shushichi,
Yamanouchi Sakae
Publication year - 1986
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/bf02645749
Subject(s) - unsaponifiable , squalene , ginseng , sterol , triterpene , chemistry , composition (language) , food science , botany , stigmasterol , traditional medicine , chromatography , cholesterol , biology , biochemistry , medicine , linguistics , alternative medicine , philosophy , pathology
The composition of the unsaponifiable lipid, which consisted of squalene, squalene‐2,3‐oxide, triterpene alcohols, 4α‐methyl‐sterols, and sterols, of the seed oils of Panax ginseng and P. quiquefolium , was determined. Squalene was the most abundant component (54%) of the unsaponifiable lipid from P. ginseng , whereas sterols constituted the principal components of unsaponifiable lipid from P. quiquefolium . Both ginseng seed oils showed specific features in sterol composition, i.e., 28‐isofucosterol (40%) and 24‐ethyl‐22E‐dehydrocholesterol (66%) constituted the most predominant components of the sterol fractions from P. ginseng and P. quiquefolium seed oils, respectively.