Minor seed oils from two plant families, Verbenaceae and Apocyanaceae

Abstract

Seed oils of Thevetia nereifolia, Vallaris solanaceae, and Plumeria accuminata (Apocyanaceae) were rich in palmitic acid (I) [57-10-3], (25.9, 12.5, 32.7%, resp.), oleic acid (II) [112-80-1] (41.6, 22.0, 23.0%, resp.), and linoleic acid (III) [60-33-3] (24.3, 54.3, 42.7%, resp.). Gmelina arborea and Vitex negundu (Verbenaceae) seed fats contained mainly I (14.7, 9.5%, resp.), II (48.2, 30.7%, resp.), and iII (22.6, 51.2%, resp.). Stearic acid [57-11-4] was present in all seed fats (1.6 - 11.1%) and trace amts. were found in T. nereifolia and G. arborea oils. Linolenic acid [463-40-1] (7.2%) was present only in the oil of G. arborea