SEED LIPIDS OF THE MIRACLE FRUIT (SYNSEPALUM DULCIFICUM) |
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Authors: | SEMA GUNEY W W NAWAR |
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Affiliation: | Department of Food Science and Nutrition University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts 01003 |
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Abstract: | The lipids from the Miracle Fruit seeds comprised 10.15% of the dry weight. The neutral lipids, phospholipids and glycolipids were separated by silicic acid chromatography and the fatty acid composition of each fraction determined. The non-saponifiable lipids, amounting to 1.6% of the neutral lipids were separated into several fractions by thin-layer chromatography and the components of each analyzed by combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The hydrocarbon fraction contained the n-alkane series from C17 to C32 with the C29 and C31 members present in relatively large quantities. The major triterpene alcohols were α-and β-amyrin and the major sterol was identified as δ7 spinasterol. Two short-chain alchols were also present. |
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