X. Hu et al., PROPORTIONS OF C18-1N-7 AND C18-1N-9 FATTY-ACIDS IN CANOLA SEED-COAT SURFACE AND INTERNAL LIPIDS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 71(2), 1994, pp. 221-222
Lipids of canola seedcoats (Brassica napus L. and B. rapa L.) were pre
pared by surface washing and by complete extraction of seed coats with
toluene. The major fatty acyl-containing triacylglycerols, wax esters
and free fatty acids were separated by thin-layer chromatography prio
r to transesterification and analysis by gas-liquid chromatography. Th
e proportion of C18:1n-7 to C18:1n-9 was higher in the extracted lipid
s than in the surface-washed lipids for all three classes.