Fatty acids of kenaf seed oil

Abstract

Freshly extracted oil from a sample of kenaf seed, var. Cubano, was found to contain an appreciable amount of epoxy acid as glyceride; cis-12,13-epoxyoleic acid was isolated. Its identity was confirmed by analysis and by conversion to threo-12,13-dihydroxyoleic acid. The remaining fatty acids were esterified, distilled, and identified by the usual procedures. The percentage composition of the fatty acids was estimated from the data as follows: 9-hexadecenoic 1, palmitic 19, linoleic 41, oleic 30, stearic 2, arachidic (trace), 12,13-epoxyoleic 5, undetermined 2. © 1959, The American Oil Chemists' Society. All rights reserved.