title: Seeds of Trichosanthes kirilowii, an energy-rich diet.
abstract: The kernels of Trichosanthes kirilowii seeds contain a green oil which makes up for 62% of their dry matter. This oil consists up to 95% of triglycerides, 2% of glycolipids, 1.3% of phospholipids and 1.8% of chlorophylls. As fatty acid components the triglycerides, glycolipids and phospholipids contain the unsaturated fatty acids linoleic and oleic acid and the saturated palmitic acid. In the triglycerides 19% of the C18:3 acid occur with the configuration delta9 cis, delta11 trans, delta13 cis. This acid is called trichosanic acid and is absent in glycolipids and phospholipids which contain instead another C18:3 fatty acid, which has conjugated double bounds and occurs with an amount of 21% and 3%, respectively. Typically, these oil seeds contain in addition up to 30% of their dry matter proteins and up to 2.5% mono- and oligosaccharides. The monosaccharides consist of rhamnose, galactose and glucose and the oligosaccharides represent a mixture of tri- and tetrasaccharides.
authors.affiliation: Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Bader
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Radunz
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Schmid
mesh_terms: D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000032:analysis; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D010945:Plants, Edible / Q000737:chemistry*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000196:embryology*; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010940:Plant Proteins; D002734:Chlorophyll