Seed oils of fifteen Ebenus taxa growing in Turkey

Azcan N., Saricoban S., Demirci B., Aytac Z., Baser K.

CHEMISTRY OF NATURAL COMPOUNDS, vol.37, no.3, pp.253-255, 2001 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 37 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2001
  • Doi Number: 10.1023/a:1012570007850
  • Journal Name: CHEMISTRY OF NATURAL COMPOUNDS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.253-255
  • Keywords: Leguminosae, Ebenus, E. plumosa var. plumosa, E. plumosa var. speciosa, E. macrophylla, E. barbigera, E. reesei var. reesei, E. reesei var minor, E. haussknechtii, E. depressa, E. bourgaei, E. cappadocica, E. boissieri, E. longipes, E. hirsuta., E. laguroides, E. pisidica, seed oil, fatty acid, palmitic acid, linoleic acid, oleic acid, linolenic acid, stearic acid
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Oil yields and compositions from seeds of 15 Ebenus taxa growing in Turkey were investigated. The yields were found between 4.0% and 13.0%. The seeds of E. barbigera showed the highest while E. plumosa var. plumosa showed the lowest yield of oil among the 15 taxa investigated. GC/MS showed that linoleic acid (42.8-55.6%), palmitic acid (13.8-23.6%), and oleic acid (15.9-23.6%) are the main fatly acid components of all the species.