Fatty Acid Composition of Tomato Seed Oil

Abstract

The fatty acid composition of the oil extracted from tomato seeds was determined by GLC. A urea fractionation procedure and preparative GLC were used to detet esters present in small or trace amounts. Linoleic, oleic, and palmitic acids were predominant. Odd and even chain length saturated acids from C12-C28 were present. Hexadecanoic, heptadecanoic, and eicosenoic acids were also detected. Minor chromatographic peaks prevaling some of the saturated esters were attributed to branched acids.