THE FATTY ACIDS OF INDIGENOUS RESOURCES FOR POSSIBLE INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS PART XIII. PHYSICO-CHEMICAL STUDIES ON THE SEED OILS OF FEUTRAL AND TANGERINE VARIETIES OF CITRUS-RETICULATA BLANCO

Abstract

The seed oils of Feutral and Tangarine varieties of citrus reticulata Blanco obtainable in 34.76% and 41.4% respectively on fresh seed basis, were analysed by gas chromatography to have a fatty acid composition of C 12:0 (1.5%, 4.0%), C 14:0 (1.9%, 2.1%), C 16:0 (26.4%, 27.1%), C 18:0 (5.7%, 14.2%) C 18:1 (26.0%, 18.7%), C 18:2 (34.1%, 19.5%), C 18:3 (0.0%, 3.7%) and unknown (3.8%, 0.0%) respectively. The physico-chemical data of the oils was comparable with other citrus seed oils.