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Canadian erucic acid oils. VIII. Component fatty acids of the oil from weed seed screenings, largely charlock
Author(s) -
Hoffman W. H.,
Zuckerman A.,
Grace N. H.
Publication year - 1951
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/bf02645834
Subject(s) - erucic acid , chemistry , weed , composition (language) , food science , linolenic acid , oleic acid , linoleic acid , fatty acid , agronomy , rapeseed , biology , organic chemistry , biochemistry , linguistics , philosophy
Summary The oil from weed seed screenings from Western Canadian grain was found to consist of 31% oleic, 27% linoleic, 13% linolenic, 12% eicosenoic, 8.4% erucic, 6.3% saturated, and small amounts and traces of other acids. Eicosenoic acid was found in greater abundance than erucic acid, a result probably related to the fatty acid composition of charlock. The presence of eicosadienoic, eicosatrienoic, and docosatrienoic acids, hitherto unreported in vegetable oils, is strongly suggested.