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Lipid Studies of Carum Roxburghianum Seeds

  • Waheed, Amran (Applied Chemistry Research Centre, PCSIR Laboratories Complex) ;
  • Mahmud, Shahid (Applied Chemistry Research Centre, PCSIR Laboratories Complex) ;
  • Saleem, Muhammad (Applied Chemistry Research Centre, PCSIR Laboratories Complex) ;
  • Yamin, Muhammad (Applied Chemistry Research Centre, PCSIR Laboratories Complex) ;
  • Khan, Muhammad Naeem (Applied Chemistry Research Centre, PCSIR Laboratories Complex)
  • Published : 2003.09.01
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Abstract

Total lipids extracted from the powdered seeds of Carum roxburghianum were fractionated into hydrocarbons (0.30%), wax esters (0.30%), sterol esters (1.35%), triacylglycerols (72.41%), free fatty acids (6.06%), 1,3-diacylglycerols (4.60%), 1,2- diacylglycerols (0.64%), glycolipids (5.10%), sterols (1.20%), 2-monoacylgylcerols (3.18%), 1-monoacylglycerols (1.46%), phosphatidylethanolamines (1.08%) phosphatidylcholines (0.40%), lysophosphatidylethanolamines (1.48%) and phosphatidylinositols (0.44%) with the help of TLC. The fatty acid composition of all the lipid fractions was determined after converting them into their methyl esters with $BF_3-methanol$ reagent and then analyzing them by GC. Oleic acid was found as a major component in all the lipid classes, whereas palmitic, linoleic and linolenic acids were present in lesser quantities. Arachidic acid was identified as a minor component in only seven out of twelve lipid classes.

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