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Chemical investigation of the New England horse chestnut, aesculus hippocastanum

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The analysis of the oil from the American species ofAesculus hippocastanum shows the oil to be similar to the European species. The constants reported by Stillesen (11) and Kaufmann and Baltes (6) are of the same order of magnitude as found in this investigation. The same is true of the fatty acid content except in the case of linolenic. European (6) investigators report 2.2% linolenic, and the American species contains only a trace.

The oil of the horse chestnut,Aesculus hippocastanum, is of the non-drying type. The approximate percentage composition of the fatty acids of this oil has been found to be stearic, 2.1; palmitic, 4.8; oleic, 65.3; linoleic, 20.2; and a trace of linolenic.

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  1. Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut

    Vivian B. Ehlers & G. Albert Hill

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This work was made possible through funds provided by Wesleyan Industrial Scientific Research.

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Ehlers, V.B., Hill, G.A. Chemical investigation of the New England horse chestnut, aesculus hippocastanum. J Am Oil Chem Soc 28, 45–46 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02612087

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