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The volatiles of desert truffle: Tirmania nivea
E A Omer1, D L Smith, K V Wood
1Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Plant Foods for Human Nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands)
|April 1, 1994
Abstract:
The volatile constituents of Tirmania nivea (white desert truffle) have been analysed, using gas chromatography/mass spectrometric technique. 11 compounds have been identified in the ascocarp volatiles. The major components were found to be unsaturated fatty acids; whereas hexadecanoic [correction of haxadecanoic] acid represented 49% of the volatiles isolate.