Minor seed oils. I. Component fatty acids of some seed oils

Abstract

Seed oils of Fluggea microcarpa, Ixora parviflora, and Diospyros melanoxylon were found to contain (wt. %) the following acids: capric nil, 1.3, nil; lauric nil, 3.1, 4.6; myristic 5.4, 4.7, 9.9; palmitic 19.8, 11.4, 37.9; stearic 9.7, 11.9, 16.1; arachidic 1.4, 2.9, 5.3; behenic 1.2, 2.0, 5.3; oleic 6.1, 18.7, 19.7; and linoleic 56.4, 44.0, 1.2, resp.