Fatty acid composition of seed kernel oil of calodendrum capense (lf) thunb.

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1983
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Munavu, Raphael M.
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Abstract
Seed kernels ofCalodendrum capense (L.f.) Thunb. yielded 60% of a light yellow oil which had the following fatty acid composition: 23.8% palmitic, 4.5% stearic, 33.7% oleic, 35.6% linoleic, 1.4% linolenic and 1.0% arachidic. Myristic and behenic acids were present in trace amounts, and the kernel cake contained 37.6% crude protein.
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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02662425
http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/36728
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Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society September 1983, Volume 60, Issue 9, p 1653y
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Univesity of Nairobi
 
Department of Medicine
 
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