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The abundance ofcis-5-octadecenoic acid inDioscoreophyllum cumminsii seed oil

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Oil fromDioscoreophyllum cumminsii (Stapf) Diels containscis-5-octadecenoic acid as 84% of its total fatty acids. The unsaturated acids normally found in seed oils are present in small amounts (oleic, 1%, linoleic 5.2%; and linolenic, 0.3%). Other unusual acids present, in minor amounts, arecis-5-hexadecenoic (0.6%), 11-octadecenoic (0.9%) and two polyenoic acids which are probably unsaturated at the 5 position.

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  1. Northern Regional Research Laboratory, 61604, Peoria, Illinois

    G. F. Spencer & F. R. Earle

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Spencer, G.F., Earle, F.R. The abundance ofcis-5-octadecenoic acid inDioscoreophyllum cumminsii seed oil. Lipids 7, 435–436 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02531517

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