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Chemical examination of Clitoria ternatea seeds
Author(s) -
Joshi S. S.,
Shrivastava R. K.,
Shrivastava D. K.
Publication year - 1981
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/bf02899459
Subject(s) - valine , clitoria ternatea , isoleucine , methionine , amino acid , leucine , phenylalanine , chemistry , histidine , cystine , linoleic acid , stearic acid , food science , biochemistry , fatty acid , organic chemistry , cysteine , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , enzyme
Fatty acid composition determined by paper, thin layer and gas liquid chromatography revealed the presence of palmitic, stearic, oleic, linoleic and linolenic acids in the weight ratio of 18.5, 9.5, 51.4, 16.8 and 3.8%, respectively, in Clitoria ternatea seed oil. Protein constitutes 38.4% and consists of 18 amino acids. Essential amino acid pattern is (%): lysine (6.55), histidine (2.03), threonine (3.13), phenylalanine+tyrosine (5.5), valine (5.8), methionine+cystine (1.16) and leucine+isoleucine (15.4). The seeds have been found to be rich in calories (500.5 cal/100 g).