title: Fatty acid composition of some medicinally useful seeds.
abstract: Fatty acid composition of seeds from the fruits of Butea monosperma, Jatropha glandulifera and Portulaca oleracea of three different families, namely Papilionaceae, Euphorbiaceae and Portulaceae were determined through Gas Liquid Chromatography to find novel natural sources of essential fatty acids for human health and of economic interest. Comparative studies were also performed to ascertain the utilization of each species for domestic as well as industrial purpose and the quality parameters developed can be utilized as marker characters for the aforesaid seeds used by the pharmaceutical industries.
authors.affiliation: Phytochemistry Division, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow 226 001, India. ms_sks2005@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Manjoosha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: Ranjan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Banerji
authors.forename: A K S
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Rawat
authors.forename: Shanta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mehrotra
mesh_terms: D031290:Butea / Q000737:chemistry; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D031286:Jatropha / Q000737:chemistry; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D031822:Portulaca / Q000737:chemistry; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D010938:Plant Oils