CHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF IBERIS-ODORATA SEED OIL

Abstract

Iberis odorata seeds of cruciferae plant family yield 26.0 percent of fatty oil which has an iodine value 107.5. The oil is investigated for its fatty acid composition by reversed phase partition chromatography. The fatty acids in the seed oil constitute 39.6% erucic, 3.5% eicosenoic and 3.2% docosadienoic acids, in addition to the usual oleic (13.6%), linoleic (25.7%) and linolenic acids (3.1%). Saturated acids (C12) to (C22) amount to 11.3% of the component acids.