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- Title
Lipid Classes and Fatty Acid Regiodistribution in Triacylglycerols of Seed Oils of Two Sambucus Species (S. nigra L. and S. ebulus L.).
- Authors
Dulf, Francisc Vasile; Oroian, Ioan; Vodnara, Dan Cristian; Socaciu, Carmen; Pintea, Adela
- Abstract
The oil content and fatty acid composition of total lipids (TLs) and main lipid classes (NLs- neutral and PLs- polar lipids) in seeds of two wild Sambucus species (S. nigra and S. ebulus) from Transylvania (Romania) were determined by capillary gas chromatography (GC-MS). In addition, the positional distribution of fatty acids in seed triacylglycerols (TAGs) was determined by hydrolysis with pancreatic lipase. The seeds were found to be rich in fat (22.40-24.90 g/100g) with high amounts of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) ranging from 68.96% (S. ebulus) to 75.15% (S. nigra). High ratios of PUFAs/SFAs (saturated fatty acids), ranging from 7.06 (S. nigra) to 7.64 (S. ebulus), and low ratios of n-6/n-3, ranging from 0.84 (S. nigra) to 1.51 (S. ebulus), were determined in both oils. The lipid classes/subclasses analyzed (PLs, MAGs-monoacylglycerols, DAGs-diacylglycerols, FFAs-free fatty acids, TAGs and SEs-sterol esters) were separated and identified using thin-layer chromatography. The fatty acid compositions of the TAG fractions were practically identical to the profiles of TLs, with the same dominating fatty acids in both analyzed species. SEs and FFAs, were characterized by high proportions of SFAs. The sn-2 position of TAGs was esterified predominantly with linoleic acid (43.56% for S. nigra and 50.41% for S. ebulus).
- Subjects
TRIGLYCERIDES; FATTY acids; ELDERS (Plants); LIPIDS; GAS chromatography/Mass spectrometry (GC-MS); LINOLEIC acid
- Publication
Molecules, 2013, Vol 18, Issue 10, p11768
- ISSN
1420-3049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/molecules181011768