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The linolenic acid content of peanut oil
Author(s) -
Worthington R. E.
Publication year - 1977
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/bf02670788
Subject(s) - linolenic acid , chemistry , cultivar , chromatography , peanut oil , fatty acid , food science , composition (language) , gas chromatography , horticulture , biochemistry , organic chemistry , biology , linoleic acid , raw material , linguistics , philosophy
Oils prepared from eight peanut cultivars grown in four locations were analyzed for linolenic acid (18:3) content by gas liquid chromatography. Columns packed with either OV 225 or butanediol succinate provided excellent separation of 18:3 from major fatty acids and from trace constituents exhibiting retention times suggestive of 19:0 and 19:1. Average linolenic acid values for cultivars ranged between 0.03 and 0.13 weight percent of total fatty acids.