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Sterols and Fatty Acids of Two Caesalpiniaceae
Author(s) -
Miralles J.,
Diallo N.,
Gaydou E.,
Kornprobst J. M.
Publication year - 1989
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/bf03022754
Subject(s) - sterol , chemistry , composition (language) , cassia tora , cassia , botany , biology , biochemistry , cholesterol , linguistics , philosophy , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , traditional chinese medicine
Seed oils of Cassia hirsuta and C. tora L., two Caesalpiniaceae belonging to the Leguminoseae family, contain small amounts of malvalic and sterculic acids. Sterol composition was determined by capillary GLC and GC/MS; 15 sterols were identified. In addition to the usual δ‐5 sterols, high levels of δ‐7 sterols and small amounts of saturated sterols were found.