STUDIES ON VERBENACEA SEED OILS

Abstract

Seed oils of Stachytarpheta mutabilis, Petrea volubilis, Gmelina hystrix were examined for their component acids and were found to contain the following acids (wt. %): Capric (0.5, -, 1.3), Lauric (0.5, 5.9, 1.5), Myristic (1.0, 8.9, 2.3), Palmitic (7.7, 10.7, 29.2), Stearic (5.4, 20.9, 21.1), Arachidic (1.1, 3.5, 6.3), Behenic (1.0, 4.2, 4.7), Oleic (9.1, 42.1, 2.9) and Linoleic (73.7, 3.8, 30.7) respectively.