Oil composition and some morphological characters of Crambe orientalis var. orientalis and Crambe tataria var. tataria from Turkey

• Published in: Natural product research Vol. 22; no. 6; pp. 525 - 532
• Main Authors: Comlekcioglu, N., Karaman, S., Ilcim, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis Group 15.04.2008
• Subjects: Crambe orientalis; Crambe Plant - anatomy & histology; Crambe Plant - chemistry; Crambe tataria; Erucic acid; Fatty acids; Fatty Acids - chemistry; Fatty Acids - isolation & purification; Mass Spectrometry; Morphology; Plant Oils - chemistry; Plant Oils - isolation & purification; Seeds - chemistry; Terpenes - chemistry; Terpenes - isolation & purification; Turkey; Volatile oils; Turkey
• ISSN: 1478-6419; 1478-6427
• DOI: 10.1080/14786410701592349

Native Crambe orientalis var. orientalis and Crambe tataria var. tataria collected from Kahramanmaras flora were morphologically examined and seed oil composition was determined. Volatile acid and fatty acid composition of seeds were examined with GC and GC/MS and the ratio of volatile acids to total oil was 3.49% in C. orientalis and 17.49% in C. tataria. The ratio of fatty acids to total oil was 92.03 and 67.28% in C. orientalis, and C. Tataria, respectively. The amount of erucic acid was 39.29% in C. orientalis and 29.87% in C. tataria. High linolenic acid (21.21%) and linoleic acid (12.42%) was found in C. orientalis oil, and high linolenic acid (15.01%) and linoleic acid (9.00%) was also found in C. tataria oil.