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SEED LIPIDS OF THE MIRACLE FRUIT (SYNSEPALUM DULCIFICUM)
Author(s) -
GUNEY SEMA,
NAWAR W. W.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of food biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-4514
pISSN - 0145-8884
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4514.1977.tb00179.x
Subject(s) - chemistry , chromatography , sterol , alkane , fraction (chemistry) , silicic acid , glycolipid , gas chromatography , composition (language) , triterpene , glycerophospholipids , thin layer chromatography , hydrocarbon , biochemistry , organic chemistry , cholesterol , phospholipid , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , alternative medicine , pathology , membrane
The lipids from the Miracle Fruit seeds comprised 10.15% of the dry weight. The neutral lipids, phospholipids and glycolipids were separated by silicic acid chromatography and the fatty acid composition of each fraction determined. The non‐saponifiable lipids, amounting to 1.6% of the neutral lipids were separated into several fractions by thin‐layer chromatography and the components of each analyzed by combined gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry. The hydrocarbon fraction contained the n‐alkane series from C 17 to C 32 with the C 29 and C 31 members present in relatively large quantities. The major triterpene alcohols were α‐and β‐amyrin and the major sterol was identified as δ 7 spinasterol. Two short‐chain alchols were also present.