Abstract

The physico-chemical constants and unsaponifiable matter content of seed oil of Derris indica (Lamk.) Bennet seed is reported. The GC-Mass analysis of fatty acid composition (as methyl esters) showed presence of five saturated acids namely palmitic acid (14.3%), stearic acid (10.3%), arachidic acid (2.7%), behenic acid (3.5%) and lignoceric acid (in traces) and only two unsaturated acids, oleic acid (66.9%) and linolenic acid (2.3%).

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