JUTE SEED-CORCHORUS OLITORIUS. THE COMPOSITION OF OIL OLITORIUS. PART l

The composition of fatty acids from the oil of \(Corchorus\) \(olitorius\) _; has been determined by fractionation of their methyl esters : palmitic acid, 15.65%; stearic acid, 4%; behenic acid, 1.66%; lignoceric add, 1.12%; oleic acid, 12.43% ; linoleic add, 59.67%; en (mono-ethenoid)-acid, 2.42%; and non-saponifables, 3.05%.