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Fatty acid spectrum of mediterranean wild cruciferae
Author(s) -
Kumar P. R.,
Tsunoda S.
Publication year - 1978
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/bf02669920
Subject(s) - erucic acid , linoleic acid , oleic acid , brassica , fatty acid , botany , mediterranean climate , linolenic acid , chemistry , biology , food science , biochemistry , ecology
Seed samples of 54 species of wild Cruciferae were newly collected from natural populations of the west Mediterranean and adjacent areas in a search for “new” oil crops. Oil contents and fatty acid compositions were determined simultaneously by gas liquid chromatography using methyl heptadecanoate as the internal standard. The study revealed large variations in oil content (6–48.8%), oleic acid (5–31.3%), linoleic acid (2–24.8%), linolenic acid (1.7–64.1%), and erucic acid (0–55.1%). Correlation coefficients between component fatty acids inter se and oil content were determined separately for all species, the tribe Brassiceae, and the genus Brassica . The promising species identified are being studied further.