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COMPOSITION OF THE LIPIDS OF CUCUMBER AND PEPPERS
Author(s) -
KINSELLA J. E.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1971.tb15546.x
Subject(s) - pepper , glyceride , food science , chemistry , linoleic acid , linolenic acid , glycolipid , palmitic acid , fatty acid , sea cucumber , phosphatidylcholine , biochemistry , phospholipid , biology , membrane , ecology
SUMMARY— Cucumber and green peppers contain 103 mg and 400 mg total lipid per 100g raw vegetable tissue. The neutral lipids, phospholipids and glycolipids comprise 39, 49 and 15% of the cucumber lipids and 82, 2 and 16% of the pepper lipids respectively. The neutral lipids of both were composed mainly of glycerides. In the peppers the triglycerides accounted for 60% of the total lipids. Cucumber, had less glycerides but contained several unidentified sterols. Phosphatidylcholine was the major class in both vegetables accounting for 46 and 76% of the phospholipids of cucumber and pepper respectively. Palmitic, linoleic and linolenic acids were the principal fatty acid components. The lipids of peppers were very rich in linoleic acid (70%) whereas those of the cucumbers contained relatively more linolenic acid.