Brockerhoff-type procedures were used to determine the amounts of each acyl group at each glyceride position of
Limnanthes douglasii seed oil. During the course of the analyses, small quantities of three acids isomeric with those previously found in the
oil were identified by their ozonolysis products and their gas-liquid chromatographic (GLC) behavior. The newly discovered
constituents of the oil were 3-octadecenoic acid (0.1%), 5-octadecenoic acid (0.9%) and 11-eicosenoic acid (3%). The saturated
acids and those with ω-9-unsaturation are esterified most often to β-glyceride positions in
Limnanthes seed, while the acids with Δ5-unsaturation occur generally at the outer glyceride positions. Although the Δ5-unsaturated
acids as a group exhibited no obvious preference for one outer position over the other, individual acids were unequally distributed
between the 1- and 3-
sn-glycerol positions. The probabilities of occurrence of the various triglycerides were calculated from the stereospecific
analysis data by assuming a 1-random, 2-random, 3-random distribution of the acyl groups. The calculations are in agreement
with the composition of the whole oil, as determined by GLC.
No. Utiliz. Res. Dev. Div., ARS, USDA.