Alyssum maritimum L. Lam.

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

Family:

Cruciferae (Brassicaceae)

Seed

  • Oil, % on dry wt: 31.3 [ 1]
    • FAs (GLC, 20% Apiezon L), %: 14:0 – tr; 16:0 – 3.9; 16:1 – tr; 18:0 – 5.8; 18:1 – 30.2; 18:2 – 6.7; 18:3 – 10.2; 20:0 – 0.6; 20:1 – 41.8; 20:2 – 0.3; 22:0 – 0.5 [1]

  • Sterols
    • Composition (GLC, 3% OV-17), %: Cholesterol – 1.1–1.4; brassicasterol (24-methyl-Δ5,22-cholestadien-3β-ol) – 3.8–4.3; campesterol (24-methylcholesterol) – 10.3–14.3; β-sitosterol (24-ethylcholesterol) – 78.1–78.8; Δ5-avenasterol – tr; cycloartenol, 24-ethyl-Δ7-cholesten-3-β-ol, 24-methylene-4α-methyl-Δ7-cholesten-3β-ol – 6.4 [2]

References

  1. 1.
    K.L. Mikolajczak, C.R. Smith, I.A. Wolff, J. Amer. Oil Chem. Soc. 40(7), 294 (1963)CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  2. 2.
    B.A. Knights, A.M.M. Berrie, Phytochemistry 10(1), 131 (1971)CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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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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