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13-phenyltridecanoic acid in seed lipids of some aroids
P C Schmid1, R T Holman, V G Soukup
1Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, MN 55912, USA.
Phytochemistry
|July 1, 1997
Abstract:
Several closely related long-chain omega-phenylalkanoic and omega-phenylalkenoic acids occur in the seed lipids of genera of the subfamily Aroideae of the Araceae. One, 13-phenyltridecanoic acid, is a major component. This is the first report of these acids in plant lipids. Their presence in only one subfamily may indicate that the Araceae is diphyletic.