Fatty acid composition of the oil from the seed of Erythrina lithosperma

Abstract

Crude oil from the seed of E. lithosperma was sapond., and the mixed fatty acids were sepd. into solid and liq. fractions. The percentages of individual acids in the solid fraction, the liq. fraction, and in the mixed acid fraction, resp., were as follows: lignoceric, 16.83, -, 4.1; behenic, 24.404, -, 5.7; arachidic, 14.99, 0.665, 4.16; stearic, 23.81, -, 5.81; palmitic, 14.58, 4.32, 7.73; oleic, 1.98, 54.76, 42.85; linoleic, -, 35.58, 27.03; and linolenic, -, 3.09, 2.34.