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The fatty acid composition of caragana seed oil

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  1. National Research Council Canada. Prairie Regional Laboratory
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Abstract
The seed of the shrub Caragana arborescens contained 11.8% of a reddish colored oil with the following characteristics, iodine value 141.7, saponification value 185.0, n²⁵D 1.4744, and unsaponifiable matter 2.9%. The oil had the following fatty acid composition: palmitic 3.1, stearic 6.2, arachidic 1.0, behenic 2.9, hexadecenoic 0.2, oleic 6.2, eicosenic 0.2, linoleic 67.1 and linolenic 2.3%. The saturated acids were identified by isolation of the methyl esters whereas oleic and linoleic acids were identified by conversion to dihydroxy and tetrabromo compounds respectively.
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NoteReprinted from Canadian Journal of Technology, 31, pp. 196-201, September 1953, publisher was National Research Council of Canada. Issued as Paper no. 158 on the Uses of Plant Products and as N.R.C. no. 3047
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
IdentifierNRCC 3047
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