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Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. (= Persica vulgaris)

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Rosaceae Juss.

Leaf

  • Lipids

    • Content (hexane), %: 1.3 [1]

    • Components (CC): Hentriacontane, hentriacontanol, β-sitosterol, ursolic acid [1]

  • Cutine

    • Composition of oxy-FAs, %: Dioxy-16:0 – 74.0; 9,10-epoxy-18-oxy-18:0 – 6.5–32.0; 9,10,18-trioxy-18:0 – 5–25 [2]

Kernel

  • Essential oil (fermentation),

    • Content, %: 0.7 [3]

Pulp of Fruit

  • Essential oil

    • Content, %: 0.0007–0.00082 [3]

    • Components: Paraffin, formic, acetic, valeric and caprilic ethers of linalool, acetaldehyde, furfurol [3]

Seed

  • Oil (petroleum ether), %: 13.8 [4]

    • d30: 0.9024 [4]

    • \({\rm n}_D^{22} \): 1.4655 [4]

    • Acid value, mg KOH: 4.46 [4]

    • Hehner value, %: 90.3 [4]

    • Iodine value (Hanus), % J2: 89.2 [4]

    • Polenske value, mL KOH: 8.6 [4]

    • Reichert-Meissl value, mL KOH: 1.4 [4]

    • Saponification value, mg KOH/g: 200.4 [4]

    • Unsaponifiables, %: 2.2 [4]

  • FAs

    • Iodine value, % J2: 70.4 [4]

    • Mean mol. wt: 274.8 [4]

    • Liquid FAs, %: 66.6 [4]

    • Iodine value, % J2: 92.1 [4]

    • Mean mol. wt: 275.7 [4]

    • Solid FAs, %: 33.4 [4]

    • Iodine value, % J2: 46.2 [4]

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References

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  3. B.N. Rutovskii, Efirnye Masla (Moskwa-Leningrad, 1931), 578 s [in Russian]

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Azimova, S.S., Glushenkova, A.I. (2012). Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. (= Persica vulgaris). In: Azimova, S.S., Glushenkova, A.I. (eds) Lipids, Lipophilic Components and Essential Oils from Plant Sources. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-323-7_2464

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