Reinvestigation of the polymethylene-interrupted 18:2 and 20:2 acids of Ginkgo biloba seed lipids
1999
Wolff, Robert L. | Christie, William W. | Marpeau, Anne M.
The fatty acid composition of Ginkgo biloba seed lipids was reinvestigated with particular emphasis on the polymethylene-interrupted octadecadienoic and eicosadienoic acids. Analysis of the picolinyl esters and 4,4-dimethyloxazoline derivatives by capillary gas-liquid chromatography on a highly polar cyanopropyl polysiloxane stationary phase coupled with mass spectrometry revealed the presence of three such acids, with the structures 5,9-18:2, 5,11-18:2, and 5,11-20:2. This indicated that in G. biloba seeds, cis-vaccenic (11-18:1) acid may be a substrate for the Δ5-desaturase characteristic of gymnosperms. The 5,11-18:2 acid was not limited to G. biloba, as it may occur in a few other species. The 5,11-20:2 acid is a common component of the seed lipids from almost all gymnosperm species analyzed so far.
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