Fatty acid composition of neutral lipid : classes of citrus seed oil

Abstract EN

The constituents of total lipids and neutral lipid classes, i.e., hydrocarbons, wax esters, sterol esters, triacylglycerol's, free fatty acids, 1,3-diacylglycerols, 1,2-diacylglycerols, free sterols, alcohols, and monoacylglycerols of three species of Citrus namely Citrus sinensis, Citrus paradise, Citrus uranium were investigated by thin layer and gas chromatography.

Palmitic, oleic and line-oleic acids were the major components in all the lipids and lipid classes studied.