Changes in fatty acids during maturation of Coriandrum sativum seeds

Abstract

Changes in fatty acids were studied during maturation of Coriandrum sativumseeds. The seeds matured in 50 days after flowering. Lipid synthesis proceeded at a steady rate up to 40 days after flowering. Reductive ozonolysis of the monoenes followed by gas liquid Chromatographic analysis of the aldehydic fragments as dioxolanes of 1,3-propanediol was employed to estimate petroselenate (octadeca-cis-6-enoate) in the presence of oleate (octadeca-cis-9-enoate). Petroselenic acid was the major fatty acid at all stages. © 1981 American Oil Chemists' Society.