Abstract
The oil (16.31 per cent) extracted with petroleum ether from Polanisia trachysperma seeds has a yellowish color, musk-like odor, bland taste, and possesses drying properties. Saponification, acid, and iodine values, and other constants are reported. The study indicates that the oil consists of 85.8 per cent of unsaturated fatty acids, including 81.2 per cent of oleic acid and 1.9 per cent of linoleic acid. The saturated fraction (8.6 per cent) contained palmitic, Iignoceric, and stearic acids. The infrared spectrum of the oil, the saturated, and unsaturated fractions indicated the usual characteristics of the saturated and unsaturated fatty acid fractions. The oil showed no significant antibiotic or growth-promoting substances.
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