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Gamma-linolenic acid from Cape Verdian Boraginaceae
J L Guil-Guerrero1, J C López-Martínez, R Navarro-Juárez
1Area de Tecnología de Alimentos, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Almería, Almería, España. jlguil@ual.es
Natural Product Research
|November 16, 2005
Abstract:
The distribution of gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) was studied in the seed oil of six Cape Verdian Boraginaceae. The GLA ranges from trace levels in the three Heliotropum surveyed to 22.2% on saponifiable oil in Echium stenosiphon. All Echium species had GLA percentages in their seed oil around 20%. Echium seeds yield saponifiable oil from 15.8% (E. stenosiphon) to 17.3% (E. hypertropicum).
