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5,9-Nonadecadienoic acids in malvaviscus arboreus and allamanda cathartica
- Source :
- Phytochemistry. 49:1253-1256
- Publication Year :
- 1998
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1998.
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Abstract
- The phospholipid fatty acid composition of Malvaviscus arboreus DC. (Malvaceae) and Allamanda cathartica L. (Apocynaceae) was studied. The fatty acids, 17-methyl-5,9-octadecadienoic acid, 16-methyl-5,9-octadecadienoic acid, and 5,9-nonadecadienoic acid were identified in the phospholipid (mainly phosphatidylcholine) extract of M. arboreus by GC-MS. 17-Methyl-5,9-octadecadienoic acid was also identified in A. cathartica . This is the first report of iso - anteiso branched Δ5,9 fatty acids from a plant source.
Details
- ISSN :
- 00319422
- Volume :
- 49
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Phytochemistry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........69ab6ce3ea40215667dd76c4a1cb6207