Fatty acid profiles of leaves of nine edible wild plants: An Australian study
Date
2002
Authors
Liu, Lixia
Howe, Peter
Zhou, Ye Fang
Hocart, Charles
Zhang, Ren
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Food and Nutrition Press Inc
Abstract
Nine species (Amaranthus viridis L., Atriplex nummularia L., Chenopodium album L., Plantago major L., Portulaca oleracea L., Solarium nigrum L., Sonchus oleraceus L., Stellaria media L. and Taraxacum officinale W.) of edible wild plants grown in Australia were examined for their fatty acid composition by gas chromatography. The total fatty acid contents in the young leaves of these species ranged from 8.75 to 29.12 mg/g of dry matter, and were predominantly comprised of the alpha-linolenic acid (4.78 to 19.88 mg/g). These plants did not contain any of the longer-chain omega-3 fatty acids, namely eicosapentaenoic acid, docosahexaenoic acid or docosapentaenoic acid.
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Keywords: Edible plants; Composition; Fatty acids; Food products; Gas chromatography; Plants (botany); Vegetable oils; Amaranthus; Amaranthus viridis; Atriplex; Atriplex nummularia; Chenopodium; Chenopodium album; Plantago; Plantago major; Portulaca; Portulaca oler
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Journal of Food Lipids
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