Characterization of polar and nonpolar seed lipid classes from highly saturated fatty acid sunflower mutants.

doi:10.1007/s11745-997-0106-0

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Characterization of polar and nonpolar seed lipid classes from highly saturated fatty acid sunflower mutants.

Lipids - 1 Aug 1997

Alvarez-Ortega R, Cantisán S, Martínez-Force E, Garcés R

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The seed lipids from five sunflower mutants, two with high palmitic acid contents, one of them in high oleic background, and three with high stearic acid contents, have been characterized. All lipid classes of these mutant seeds have increased saturated fatty acid content although triacylglycerol...

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Fatty Acids
Helianthus
Lipids
Mutation
Palmitic Acid
Seeds
Stearic Acids
Triglycerides

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