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Fatty acid profile of Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim. seed oil

Weifen Wang, Lanzhou Wang, and Jiaxin Jiang

College of Life Science, China Jiliang University, 310018 Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

E-mail: wweifen@cjlu.edu.cn

Received: 20 June 2008  Revised: 11 November 2008  Accepted: 21 November 2008

Abstract: Fatty acid profile data for refined cold-pressed Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim. seed oil, in comparison to other commercially available oils — olive, rapeseed and camellia, are presented. Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim. seed oil has high oleic and linoleic acid content and high polyunsaturated acid content. Squalene elutes as a distinct peak in the GC chromatograph. For a positive identification, MS detection was used. In the samples analyzed, squalene occurred in the range of 57.4–68.2 mg g⁻¹.

Keywords: Trichosanthes kirilowii seed - fatty acids - squalene - GC

Full paper is available at www.springerlink.com.

DOI: 10.2478/s11696-009-0032-8

Chemical Papers 63 (4) 489–492 (2009)