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Fatty Acid Composition of Seed Oil of Wild Species of Linum 1
Author(s) -
Yermanos D. M.,
Beard B. H.,
Gill K. S.,
Anderson M. P.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1966.00021962005800010010x
Subject(s) - linum , linolenic acid , composition (language) , linoleic acid , botany , biology , fatty acid , chemical composition , food science , chemistry , biochemistry , organic chemistry , linguistics , philosophy
Fatty acid composition of seed oil of 34 wild species of flax was determined. The same fatty acids were present in these species as in cultivated flax. Variability in their relative proportions, however, was greater among wild species than among 266 lines of cultivated flax analyzed. In general wild species had a high linolenic acid content. A few species, however, had high linoleic and low linolenic acid content.