Seed Lipids of the Grain Amaranths
- 1 June 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Experimental Botany
- Vol. 30 (3) , 601-606
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/30.3.601
Abstract
The lipid and fatty acid composition of six members of two closely related genera of the Amaranthaceae have been studied using a combination of chromatographic procedures. The total lipids varied between 16.95 and 9.75% dry weight. Of these amounts, the non-polar lipids (mainly triglycerides) represented approximately 90%, while polar lipids (glycolipids and phospholipids) accounted for the remaining percentage. A relatively high degree of unsaturation was found for all lipids due to the dominance of linoleic acid (about 50%). The storage, metabolic, structural, and nutritional functions of the different acyllipids are discussed.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- The component fatty acids of Psidium guajava seed fatsJournal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 1978
- A SIMPLE METHOD FOR THE ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION OF TOTAL LIPIDES FROM ANIMAL TISSUESJournal of Biological Chemistry, 1957