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Fatty acid composition of seed oils of the meliaceae, including one genus rich incis-vaccenic acid

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The seed lipids of three species ofEntandraphragma (Meliaceae) contain the largest proportion (31–50%) ofcis-vaccenic acid ever found in nature. The acid is not indicative of the family as a whole and is found as a major fatty acid in the seed of only one additional species, besidesEntandraphragma, out of the 30 analyzed from this family. With the total oil comprising between 45 and 62% ofEntandraphragma seed, these species should be considered as a source of undecadioic acid for the production of nylon 11.

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  1. Northern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 61604, Peoria, IL

    Robert Kleiman & Kathleen L. Payne-Wahl

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Kleiman, R., Payne-Wahl, K.L. Fatty acid composition of seed oils of the meliaceae, including one genus rich incis-vaccenic acid. J Am Oil Chem Soc 61, 1836–1838 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02540810

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