STUDIES ON HERBACEOUS SEED OILS-X

Abstract

Fatty acid composition of six species belonging to different less familiar botanical families was determined by making use of chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques. All species were found to have high iodine values, out of which one species (item 2) showed iodine value above 180. The total of “linolenic” and “linoleic” acids varied from 61.1 to 74.8%. Four species (Passiflora foetida, Chrozophora plicata, Salvia plebeia and Fimbristylis quinqueangularis) deserve agronomic evaluation as the first species resembles Safflower (especially grown in tropics) and the latter three species yield linoleicrich seed oils.