Unusual olefinic fatty acids in seed oils from two genera in the ranunculaceae

Abstract

Oil from one of the two species of Anemone investigated contained 20% of γ-linolenic acid but the other had none. Linoleic acid was the major component in both oils. Four of the five species of Ranunculus produced oil containing 2% to 4% of a component identified in one sample as cis-7, cis-10-hexadecadienoic acid. Major components were linoleic and linolenic acids. © 1969 American Oil Chemists' Society.