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Saturated and unsaturated anteiso-C19 acids in the seed lipids from Hesperopeuce mertensiana (Pinaceae)

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Minor uncommon FA from Hesperopeuce mertensiana (a gymnosperm species of the Pinaceae family) seed oil were characterized through a combination of silver ion TLC of their FAME, and GLC coupled with MS of their picolinyl derivatives. These uncommon components have the structures 16-methyloctadecanoic (anteiso-19∶0), 16-methyl-cis-9-octadecenoic (anteiso-19∶1), and 16-methyl-cis-9,cis-12-octadecadienoic (anteiso-19∶2) acids. These branched C19 acids were identified earlier in the wood of Picea abies, which would indicate that such acids could be widespread, though minor, components of Pinaceae lipids.

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Abbreviations

Ag-TLC:

silver ion TLC

amu:

atomic mass unit

br:

branched

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  1. Department of Food Science and Nutrition, and Dairy Research Center (STELA), Université Laval, G1K 7P4, Sainte Foy, Québec, Canada

    Frédéric Destaillats & Paul Angers

  2. Institut des Science et Techniques des Aliments de Bordeaux, Université Bordeaux 1, Talence, France

    Robert L. Wolff

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Destaillats, F., Wolff, R.L. & Angers, P. Saturated and unsaturated anteiso-C19 acids in the seed lipids from Hesperopeuce mertensiana (Pinaceae). Lipids 37, 325–328 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11745-002-0898-y

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