CONSTITUTION OF SOME CHEMICAL-COMPONENTS OF APPLE SEED

The hexane extract of apple seed was analyzed by GC-MS and found to co nsist mainly of fatty acids (80.9%) in its volatile fraction with lino leic acid as the most dominant one (51.2%), followed by palmitic, lino lenic, stearic and oleic acids (10.5, 5.6, 4.3 and 4.1%, respectively) . The seed pomace was further extracted with 70% aqueous acetone to yi eld two major compounds, syl-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy]benze-neacetoni trile (amygdalin) (1) and phloretin-2'-beta-D-glucopyranoside (phlorid zin) (2), which were identified by NMR spectroscopy. A number of minor polyphenols were also identified using HPLC/DAD as chlorogenic acid, p-coumarylquinic acid, 3-hydroxyphloridzin, phloretin-2'-xyloglucoside and quercetin glycosides. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights r eserved.