## A c k n o w l e d g m e n t s We thank Prof. WRahman, Chairman, Department of Chemistry, for providing facilities. Two of us (A. Rauf and M. S. Ahmad) thank t h e CSIR, New Delhi, for financial assistance. This research was financed in part by a grant from the USDA under PL-480.
Studies on Pomegranate Seed Oil
โ Scribed by El-Shaarawy, M. I. ;Nahapetian, A.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1983
- Weight
- 454 KB
- Volume
- 85
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0931-5985
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โฆ Synopsis
Pomegranate seed oil forming approximately 15Voof the seeds, enjoys very high refractiveindex and iodine value, withvery low meltingpoint.Spectrometric examination suggested presence of conjugation. Gas chromatographic analysis showed that 8 Voof its fatty acids were saturated, 10%monounsaturated, 10 "lo diunsaturated and approximately 70 'Yo conjugated acid, most probably punicic acid. The oil properties places it in the industrially important group of drying oils.
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## Abstract Seed oils of __Stachytarpheta mutabilis, Petrea volubilis, Gmelina hystrix__ were examined for their component acids and were found to contain the following acids (wt. %): Capric (0.5, โ, 1.3), Lauric (0.5, 5.9, 1.5), Myristic (1.0, 8.9, 2.3), Palmitic (7.7, 10.7, 29.2), Stearic (5.4, 2
with dry methanol (10 ml) and 1 %I w/w sulphuric acid for 2 hours were converted into methyl esters of liberated fatty acids. Pun@ation andldentfiatwn ofFatty Acids b., the Application of ## Chromatographr Five thin-layer chromatograms 20 cm x 20 cm of thickness (0.25 mm) were prepared by the us