Seed fats of the New Zealand iridaceae

✍ Scribed by Isobel M. Morice

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1969
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 200 KB
• Volume: 20
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-5142
• DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2740201010

✦ Synopsis

The seed fats of four species of Libertia, family Iridaceae, have been examined. Those of L. grandi'oru, L. ixioides and L . peregrinans are similar to one another and have been found to contain as their predominant fatty acids: 11-22% myristic, 14-21 % palmitic, 13-25% oleic and 37-57% linoleic. They differ from the New Zealand Agavaceae, Juncaceae and Liliaceae in containing major amounts of myristic acid. The fourth species L. pulchella contains less than 1 % myristic, 19-26% palmitic, 9-20% oleic and 57-61 % linoleic acids.