| Abstract: | Fifteen seed oils from nine plant families have been examined. Oleic acid is the major component in all the oil samples, maximum being in Amaranthus tricolor (91.0%), except in the seed oil of Physalis maxima. All the samples contain arachidic and behenic acids. The oil samples from Ipomoea species and from Physalis maxima contain the lower fatty acids (caprylic and capric). Linolenic acid is found in eleven samples and lauric acid in all the seed oils except the seed oil of Celosia cristata. |
