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LIPID STUDIES OF CUMINUM CYMINUM FIXED OIL

HAMID SHAHNAZ, A. HIFZA, K. BUSHRA AND J.I. KHAN

Abstract: The yield of solvent extracted oil of Cuminum cyminum was 18.7%. The oil was classified into hydrocarbon 1%, wax esters 1%, sterol ester 25%, triglycerides 55%, 1,3 diglycerides 1%, 1,2 diglycerides 1%, monoglycerides 2%, free fatty acid 10%, phosphatidyl-ethanolamines 2.0%, phospatidylcholine1.2%, lysophosphatidyl eth-anolamines 0.6% and phosphatidyinositol 0.2%. The fatty acid composition of all the lipid classes neutral as well as polar was determined by the application of thin layer and gas liquid chromatography.The oil is considered as a good source of petroselinic acid (51.7%) in the fatty acid composition. The range of fatty acid was found from C₁₀ to C₂₀.
 

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