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Fatty acid compositions of seed oils of seven hibiscus species of malvaceae
Author(s) -
Rao K. Sundar,
Lakshminarayana G.
Publication year - 1985
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/bf03028736
Subject(s) - malvaceae , hibiscus , palmitic acid , oleic acid , erucic acid , chemistry , botany , linoleic acid , petal , fatty acid , biology , food science , organic chemistry
Abstract The seeds of seven Hibiscus (Malvaceae) species, viz., H. surattensis, H. vitifolius, H. hirtus, H. punctatus, H. zeylanicus, H. micranthus and H. solandra , contained 13–17% oil. Linoleic acid predominated (43.9–67.6%) in the component fatty acids of all the oils, followed by palmitic (15.1–30.1%) and oleic acids (5.9–24.8%), while malvalic, sterculic, dihydrosterculic and epoxy acids were present in small concentrations (1.7–8.4, 0.6–3.9, trace‐2.1, trace‐0.5%, respectively).