Gamma-linolenic acid from fourteen boraginaceae species

Guil-Guerrero, J.L.; Garcı́a-Maroto, F.; Vilches-Ferrón, M.A.; López-Alonso, D.

Gamma-linolenic acid from fourteen boraginaceae species

2003

Guil-Guerrero, J.L. | Garcı́a-Maroto, F. | Vilches-Ferrón, M.A. | López-Alonso, D.

The seed oil of 14 Boraginaceae species was surveyed in a search for new sources of γ-linolenic acid (GLA, 18:3ω6). GLA content on total fatty acids ranges from the absence in Cordia and Halgania species to 23.9% in Lithospermumlatifolium. The percentage of GLA on total seed weight reaches 3.9% in L. latifolium and Pulmonaria officinalis. The relatively high GLA percentage for Echium russicum suggest a distant taxonomic relationship when compared to other continental Echium.

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