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Oil composition of Cucurbita
Author(s) -
Bemis W. P.,
Berry J. W.,
Kennedy M. J.,
Woods D.,
Moran M.,
Deutschman A. J.
Publication year - 1967
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/bf02666786
Subject(s) - cucurbita , degree of unsaturation , composition (language) , botany , range (aeronautics) , cucurbitaceae , biology , food science , chemistry , chromatography , materials science , philosophy , composite material , linguistics
The entire range of fatty acid composition is found for seeds of self‐pollinated fruit from 22 individual plants representing 17 named species of Cucurbita. It appears that some varieties merit interest as a source of drying oil and edible oils. Xerophytes that are genetically related have similar types of unsaturation and molecular‐weight distribution.