Althaea officinalis L.

  • Shakhnoza S. Azimova
  • Anna I. Glushenkova
Reference work entry

Family:

Malvaceae

Aerial Part

  • Oil (hexan), %, on dry wt: 7.4 [1]

  • FAs
    • Composition (GLC), %: 14:0 – 0.4; 16:0 – 9.6; 18:0 – 2.5; 18:1 – 20.1; 18:2 – 63.4; others – 0.6 [1]

  • TAG, %: 18.7 [1]

  • FAs (GLC), %: 14:0 – 1.0; 16:0 – 11.5; 18:0 – 3.4; 18:1 – 23.6; 18:2 – 55.3; 18:3 – 3.0; others – 2.2 [1]

  • Pigments: Chlorophyll a, α-carotene [1]

Seed

  • Oil (hexan)

  • FAs
    • Composition (GLC, Silar 5 CP), %: 16:0 – 11.92; 16:1 – 0.35; 17:0 – 0.19; 17:1 – 0.59; 18:0 – 1.72; 18:1 – 8; 18:3 – 1.77; 20:0 – 0.35; 20:1 – 0.13 [2] 11; 18:2 – 63.71

  • Isomeren of 16:1, %: n-5 – 0.35; n-7 – 20.0; n-7 – 51.3; n-9 – 28.6 [2]

  • Isomeren of 18:1, %: n-7 – 11.8; n-9 – 88.2 [2]

  • Isomeren of 20:1, %: n-9 – 100.0 [2]

  • Malvalic acid (GLC), %: 12.7 [3]

References

  1. 1.
    G.A. Stepanenko, D.T. Asilbekova, I.M. Murdokhaev, Rastitelnie Resursi 19, 444 (1983)Google Scholar
  2. 2.
    A. Scher, U. Gundlach, Fette Seifen, Anstrichmittel 84, 342 (1982)CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  3. 3.
    R.C. Badami, K.B. Patil, Prog. Lipid Res. 19(3/4), 119 (1980)CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Copyright information

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Shakhnoza S. Azimova
    • 1
  • Anna I. Glushenkova
    • 1
  1. 1.S.Yu. Yunusov Institute of the Chemistry of PlantSubstances of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of UzbekistanTashkentRepublic of Uzbekistan

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