In:
Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, Wiley, Vol. 74, No. 12 ( 1997-12), p. 1603-1606
Abstract:
The tocopherol and tocotrienol composition of the Indian pulses Bengal gram ( Cicer arietinum L.), blackgram ( Vigna mungo L.), green gram ( Vigna radiata L.), and horse gram ( Dolichos biflorus L.) were studied. The total tocopherol content ranged from 230 to 1567 mg/100 g fat, while the tocopherol content of the pulses as a whole ranged from 6.76 to 12.54 mg/100 g seed. Presence of such a high amount of tocopherol, both in the oil fraction of Indian pulses and in an oil fraction of a food material, is being reported for the first time. The fatty acid composition of the fat extracted from these pulses showed substantial amounts of unsaturated fatty acids (Bengal gram, 88.7%; black gram, 82.9%; green gram, 64.3%; and horse gram, 66.9%). These pulses contained 3.8 to 49.1% linolenic acid in the fat.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0003-021X
,
1558-9331
DOI:
10.1007/s11746-997-0084-2
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
1997
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2041388-9
