OCCURRENCE OF ALPHA-ELEOSTEARIC ACID IN PARINARIUM-EXCELSUM AND PARINARIUM-MACROPHYLLUM SEED OILS

Authors
MIRALLES J BASSENE E GAYDOU EM BOURREIL PJL NDIAYE F RASOARAHONA J KORNPROBST JM
Citation
J. Miralles et al., OCCURRENCE OF ALPHA-ELEOSTEARIC ACID IN PARINARIUM-EXCELSUM AND PARINARIUM-MACROPHYLLUM SEED OILS, Fett, 96(2), 1994, pp. 64-66
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Applied","Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Fett → ACNP
ISSN journal
09315985
Volume
96
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
64 - 66
Database
ISI
SICI code
0931-5985(1994)96:2<64:OOAAIP>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The seeds of Parinarium excelsum and P. macrophyllum (Rosaceae or Chry sobalanaceae) yield about 65-66 % of oil. C-13 NMR and gas chromatogra phic analyses show that these two oils have a high content in alpha-el eostearic acid, about 62% for P. excelsum and 33% for P. macrophyllum. These results indicate that alpha-eleostearic acid can be used as che motaxonomic tracer and are in agreement, from a chemical point of view , with authors which consider that Chrysobalanaceae constitute a famil y different from Rosaceae.