Abstract
The seeds of Punica granatum, known as hap roman in the Arabian Peninsula, are commonly eaten as a dessert. As part of an ongoing project to find nonnutritional natural products which have health benefits, or that can be exploited to protect crops, the chloroform-soluble extract of the fermented seeds of P. granatum was found to be rich in 1-O-trans,cis,trans-9,11,13-octadecatrienoyl glycerol (1). The seed oil is not lethal to brine shrimp larvae. 1-O-isopentyl-3-O-octadec-2-enoyl glycerol (2) and the known cis-9-octadecenoic, octadecanoic, and eicosanoic acids were also detected in small amounts in the seed oil by LC and MS. The structure of 1 was determined from NMR and MS spectral data.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 357-360 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 16 2002 |
Keywords
- Brine shrimp
- C - C fatty acids
- Monoacylglycerol
- Polyunsaturated oil
- Pomegranate
- Punica
- Punicaceae
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemistry(all)
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)