Total seed lipids extracted from
Murraya koenigii (Linn), Rutaceae amounted to 4.4% of the dry seed. The total lipids consisted of 85.4% neutral lipids, 5.1% glycolipids and
9.5% phospholipids. Neutral lipids consisted of 73.9% triacylglycerols, 10.2% free fatty acids and small amounts of diacylglycerols,
monoacylglycerols and sterols. At least five glycolipids and seven phospholipids were identified. Sterylglucoside and acylated
sterylglucoside were major glycolipids, while digalactosyldiacylglycerol, monogalac-tosyldiacylglycerol and monogalactosylmonoacylglycerol
were present in small quantities. The phospholipids consisted of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, lysophosphatidylethanolamine
and lysophosphatidylcholine as major phospholipids and minor quantities of phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylglycerol and
phosphatidic acid. The fatty acid composition of these different neutral lipids, glycolipids and phospholipids were determined.
Key Words Acylated sterylglucoside - digalactosyldiacylglycerol - monogalactosyldiacylglycerol - monogalactosylmonoacylglycerol - Murraya koenigii (Linn.) - phosphatidylcholine - phosphatidylethanolamine - Rutaceae - sterylglucoside.