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Study of the seed oil of brachystegia nigerica hoyle and A.P.D. jones
Author(s) -
Obasi N. B. B.,
Ndelle K. N.
Publication year - 1991
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/bf02662286
Subject(s) - chemistry , arachidic acid , fraction (chemistry) , ergosterol , botany , myristic acid , linoleic acid , chromatography , palmitic acid , food science , fatty acid , biology , organic chemistry , biochemistry
The characteristics of B. nigerica and its fixed seed oil are reported. Fatty acid composition, as determined by gas‐liquid chromatography, was: lauric, 0.24%; myristic, 0.45%; palmitic, 13.18%; stearic, 19.80%; oleic, 20.84%; linoleic, 43.65%; arachidic, 1.14%; and arachidonic, 0.90%. A study of the nonsaponifiable fraction showed it to be rich in sterols. Ergosterol and sitosterol were identified.