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Aphananthe aspera kernel oil: A rich source of linoleic acid

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Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society

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The seed kernels ofAphananthe aspera Planch. yielded 50.8% of a pale yellow oil. The fatty acid composition determined by gas liquid chromatography was: 5.3% palmitic, 0.1% hexadecenoic, 3.0% stearic, 6.1% oleic, 85.1% linoleic, and 0.4% linolenic acids.

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  1. Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Toyo University, Kawagoe-shi, 350, Saitama-ken, Japan

    Tatsuo Tanaka & Shogo Ihara

  2. Food Research Institute, Aichi Prefecture, Nishi-ku, 451, Nagoya-shi, Japan

    Yoshito Koyama

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  1. Tatsuo Tanaka
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Tanaka, T., Ihara, S. & Koyama, Y. Aphananthe aspera kernel oil: A rich source of linoleic acid. J Am Oil Chem Soc 54, 269 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02655170

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