?LIPID FRACTIONS AND FATTY ACID COMPOSITION OF TRIANTHEMA PORTULACASTRUM LINN

Authors

  • C.M ASHRAF PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Shahrah-e-Jalaluddin, Lahore-54600, Pakistan
  • M. RIAZ PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Shahrah-e-Jalaluddin, Lahore-54600, Pakistan

Keywords:

Fatty acids, Trlanthema portulacastrum, lipids, seed oil.

Abstract

Trianthema portulacastrum seed oil (12.5 %) has been examined for its physico-chemical characteristics and
fatty acid composition. Thin layer chromatography of the oil into lipid classes resulted into polar lipids (4.8%) and
neutral lipids (95.2 %). Fractionation of the neutral lipids provided hydrocarbons (0.3 %), wax esters (0.5 %), sterol
esters (4.0 %), triglycerides (84.5%), free fatty acids (1.8 %), diglycerides (2.5 %) and monoglycerides (1.6 %). The
fatty acids which ranged from C, to C20 have also been reported.

Published

1996-12-23

How to Cite

ASHRAF, C., & RIAZ, M. (1996). ?LIPID FRACTIONS AND FATTY ACID COMPOSITION OF TRIANTHEMA PORTULACASTRUM LINN. Biological Sciences - PJSIR, 39(9-12), 175–177. Retrieved from https://v2.pjsir.org/index.php/biological-sciences/article/view/2406