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Formerly Natural Product Letters
Volume 20, 2006 - Issue 1
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Gamma-linolenic acid from Cape Verdian Boraginaceae

J. L. Guil-Guerrero Área de Tecnología de Alimentos, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Almería, Almería, EspañaCorrespondencejlguil@ual.es
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J. C. López-Martínez Área de Tecnología de Alimentos, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Almería, Almería, España
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R. Navarro-Juárez Área de Tecnología de Alimentos, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Almería, Almería, España
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F. Gómez-Mercado Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Universidad de Almería, Almería, España
Pages 9-12 | Received 10 Mar 2003, Accepted 12 Apr 2005, Published online: 29 Sep 2011
 
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Abstract

The distribution of gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) was studied in the seed oil of six Cape Verdian Boraginaceae. The GLA ranges from trace levels in the three Heliotropum surveyed to 22.2% on saponifiable oil in Echium stenosiphon. All Echium species had GLA percentages in their seed oil around 20%. Echium seeds yield saponifiable oil from 15.8% (E. stenosiphon) to 17.3% (E. hypertropicum).

Acknowledgements

The authors thank the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology and FEDER, for their financial support (Projects Ref. PPQ2001-3544-C02-02 and CTQ2001 07302/P).

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