CHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF THE SEEDS OF VATERIA INDICA PART I. COMPONENT FATTY ACIDS OF THE FAT

The fat from the seeds of Vateria indica contains 92.6% insoluble mixed fatty acids composed of 60.7% solid adds and 34.3% liquid acids. The composition of the fatty acids is found to be 0.2% lower acid 0.7% myristie acid, 13% palmitic acid, 45.1% stearic acid. 0^-4% arachidic acid. 42.5% oleic acid and 0.1% linoleic acid. The non-saponifiable matter is mainly composed of sitosterol and a trace of another sterol whose bromoacetate melts at 120-23° to a dark coloured liquid. Further, the fat on steam-distillation yields 0.05% of a terpenoid oil having an iodine value of 14B.