Characteristics of Fatty acids content in Gundelia L. oil extract

Abstract

AbstractThe fatty acid composition of the seed oil of Gundelia L. which is grown in Kurdistan Region-Iraq was determind. The percentage of seed oil was found to be 31.5%.It has been found that the seed oil contain myristic, palmitic, palmitolic, heptadecanoic, stearic, oleic, linoleic, and linolenic. Seed's oil contain high level of oleic and linoleic acids, about 20-40%.