Abstract
The fatty acids and sterol compositions of the leaf lipid extracts of three senegalese Nyctaginaceae: Boerhaavia diffusa, B. erecta, and B. repens, not screened previously, were determined by capillary GC and GC-MS. Sixteen fatty acids were investigated with a predominance of linolenate, palmitate and linoleate in the three species. Ten sterols were identified by GCMS; in addition to the usually occurring plant sterols, three minor sterols, rarely reported in plant kingdom, wem detected: 5,23 stigmastadienol, 5,24(25) stigmastadienol and stigmastanol.
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