Fatty acid composition of seed kernel oil of calodendrum capense (l.f.) thunb

Abstract

Seed kernels of Calodendrum capense (L.f.) Thunb. yielded 60% of a light yellow oil which had the following fatty acid composition: 23.8% palmitic, 4.5% stearic, 33.7% oleic, 35.6% linoleic, 1.4% linolenic and 1.0% arachidic. Myristic and behenic acids were present in trace amounts, and the kernel cake contained 37.6% crude protein. © 1983 American Oil Chemists' Society.