Studies on Fatty Acid Composition of Seeds of Improved Varieties of Cicer arietinum

Abstract

Five hybrid varieties of Cicer arietinum, viz., JGG-I, JG-218, JG-322, SAKI-93130 and JG-II have been studied for their fatty acid composition by gas chromatography. The Cicer arietinum variety JGG-I has highest (39.48%) total saturated fatty Eids content and variety JG-322 has a rich (79.01%) total unsaturated fatty acids content with better storage quality.