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Fatty acid, tocopherol, and sterol content of three Teucrium species from Tunisia

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In the present study analyses concerning the composition of vitamin E, sterols, triglycerides, and fatty acids of three Teucrium species (Teucrium alopecurus, T. nabli, and T. polium) seed oil were performed. Linoleic, linolenic, and palmitic were the major fatty acids. The oil was characterized by a high amount of phytosterol, wherein clerosterol, sitosterol, and stigmasterol are the main constituents. The amount of tocopherol is nearly 550 mg/kg of oil, with α-tocopherol as the major isomer. Information concerning the composition of Teucrium seed oil is very important for evaluating the therapeutic effect of this oil.

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  1. Unite de recherche: Etude physico-chimique des milieux et substances naturels Institut National de Recherche et d′Analyse Physico-chimique, Sidi Thabet, 2020, Tunisia

    S. F. Hachicha, S. Barrek, T. Skanji & H. Zarrouk

  2. Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie, 43 av. Ch. Nicolle-1082- cite Mahrajene, Tunis, Tunisia

    Z. G. Ghrabi

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Published in Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 261–264, May–June, 2009.

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Hachicha, S.F., Barrek, S., Skanji, T. et al. Fatty acid, tocopherol, and sterol content of three Teucrium species from Tunisia. Chem Nat Compd 45, 304–308 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10600-009-9355-5

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