TOCOPHEROLS AND FLAVONOIDS OF SOS-7 HALOPHYTE

Halophyte is an oil seed coded as SOS-7 (Salicornia Oil Seed, 7th year of selection). Tocopherol constituents Of SOS-7 halophyte oil were de termined directly in the oil by using high pressure liquid chromatogra phy coupled to fluorescence detector. It was found that the oil contai ns 710 ppm total tocopherols. The tocopherol constituents, alpha, beta , gamma and delta, were found at the level of 38.2, 1.0, 58.7 and 2.1 % respectively. Nine flavonoid glycosides were isolated and identified from the seeds and it was found that they belong to the flavonol clas s of flavonoids. These flavonol compounds were identified as: querceti n-3, 7-diglucoside, quercetin-3-glucoside-7-galactoside, quercetin-3-s ophoroside, quercetin-3-glucoside, quercetin-3-galactoside, isorhamnet in-3, 7-di-glucoside, isorhamnetin-3-glucoside, kaempferol-3, 7-digluc oside and kaempferol-3-glucoside.