Analysis of the seeds of Ventilago calyculata Tul

Abstract

Seeds of Ventilago calyculata contained 3.4% moisture, 1.8% ash, 32.9% fiber, 3.5% protein, 1.3% reducing sugars (as glucose), and 40% fixed oil, sterols, coloring matter, glycosides and free acids. The fixed oil of the seeds has been investigated in detail. Oleic acid was the major constituent at 63.1%; others were 15.9% palmitic, 13.6% linolenic, 4.5% linoleic, 1.2% lauric, 1.1% stearic and small amounts of caprylic acids. The unsaponfiable matter contained β-amyrin and lupeol along with traces of two unidentified hydrocarbons. © 1981 American Oil Chemists' Society.