COMPOSITION, PREPARATION AND FUNCTIONALIT Y OF RAPESEED PHOSPHOLIPIDS

It is well known that phospholipids are byproducts of rape seed proces sing. Nevertheless they have only a small application field because of sensoric problems, undesirable colour and a lack of knowledge on rela tionship between structure and action. In this study the phospholipid composition of rape seeds of different breeding quality is characteriz ed. The possibilities to prepare the main phospholipid constituents ar e analyzed. The functionality (interfacial behaviour) of phospholipid classes are tested in two experiments in order to receive more basic i nformation on these compounds.