GLYCERIDE COMPOSITION OF TOBACCO SEED OIL

The glyceride structure of tobacco seed oil has been determined by brominating the neutral oil followed by isolation of the various individual bromoglycerides by extraction with suitable solvents and estimating the fatty acid composition of these fractions The component glycerides of the oil have been found to be trilinolin (7%), oleodilinolin (35%), dialeolinolin (7%), myristodilinolin (2%), palmitodilinolin (9%), stearodilinolin (6%), myristoleolinolin (A), palmitoleolinolin (18%), stearoleolinolin (11%). The fat conforms to the usual evenly distributed type in the structure of its component glycerides.