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Vernolic acid in tabebuia argentia seed oil: A moderate source of oil
Author(s) -
Daulatabad C. D.,
Hosamani K. M.
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/bf02663826
Subject(s) - bignoniaceae , chemistry , palmitic acid , stearic acid , mass spectrometry , oleic acid , organic chemistry , fatty acid , chromatography , botany , biology , biochemistry
Tabebuia argentia , Britt, Syn. Tkcoma argentia , Burr and Schum, belonging to the Bignoniaceae plant family, contains palmitic (21.7%), stearic (3.8%), oleic (9.8%), linoleic (52.7%), linolenic (3.0%) and vernolic (9.0%) acids. These fatty acids were characterized by infrared (IR), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), mass spectrometry (MS), gas‐liquid chromatography (GLC) and chemical degradations.