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Occurrence of punicic acid in Trichosanthes bracteata and Trichosanthes nervifolia seed oils
Author(s) -
Lakshminarayana G.,
Rao K. Sundar,
Klttur M. H.,
Mahajanshetty C. S.
Publication year - 1988
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/bf02663074
Subject(s) - cucurbitaceae , trichosanthes , botany , chemistry , biology , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , traditional chinese medicine
The seeds of Trichosanthes bracteata and Trichosanthes nervifolia (Cucurbitaceae) contained 31.6 and 27.9% oil and 18.8 and 16.7% protein, respectively. Spectral, chromatographic and chemical analyses showed the punicic acid to occur to an extent of 41.8% in T. bracteata and 51.7% in T. nervifolia seed oils.
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