Fatty acid composition of the seeds of some species of Peucedanum (kral otu) from Turkey

Authors

NÜKHET AKPINAR
SALİH GÖRGÜN
HÜSEYİN AŞKIN AKPULAT
MEHMET ALİ AKPINAR
APDURAHMAN AKTÜMSEK
ALİ EMRE AKPINAR

Abstract

The fatty acid compositions of the seeds of Peucedanum ruthenicum, Peucedanum chryseum, Peucedanum palimbioides, Peucedanum obtusifolium, and Peucedanum zedelmeierianum were investigated by gas chromatography (GC). The main fatty acids in the species were found to be palmitic acid (C 16:0, 5.78%-14.68%), oleic acid (C 18:1 \omega-9, 31.28%-68.06%), and linoleic acid (C 18:2 \omega-6, 15.99%-33.74%). Trace amounts of cis-vaccenic acid (C 18:1 \omega-7, 0.82%-1.40%) were found in the seed oils of all of the species investigated.

DOI

10.3906/biy-1009-95

Keywords

Apiaceae, Peucedanum, fatty acids

First Page

233

Last Page

237

Recommended Citation

AKPINAR, NÜKHET; GÖRGÜN, SALİH; AKPULAT, HÜSEYİN AŞKIN; AKPINAR, MEHMET ALİ; AKTÜMSEK, APDURAHMAN; and AKPINAR, ALİ EMRE (2012) "Fatty acid composition of the seeds of some species of Peucedanum (kral otu) from Turkey," Turkish Journal of Biology: Vol. 36: No. 2, Article 12. https://doi.org/10.3906/biy-1009-95
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/biology/vol36/iss2/12