Fatty acid composition of 16 groundnut (Arachis hypogaea, L.) cultivars grown under Malaysian conditions
1982
Shiv K. Berry
Groundnuts fro m 16 Arachis hypogaea L. cultivars were fo u n d to contain oil in the range o f 43 to 507o. Gas-liquid chrom atographic analysis o f the oil fa tty acid m e th y l esters revealed the occurrence of palm itic (12.22 to 13.30% ), stearic (3 .1 7 to 3.67% ), oleic (37.94 to 41.90% ) linoleic (3 4 .5 9 to 37.51% ), arachidic (1.63 to 1.85% ) eicosaenoic (0.99 to 1.22%>), behenic (3.24 to 4.36%>), and lignoceric (1.08 to 1.44%) as the major fatty acids. Cultivars Tainang 7, Kidang and Alabama were high in oil content and contained relatively low levels o f behenic acid and a high oleic/linoleic acid ratio in their oil.
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