FATTY ACIDS AND GLYCERIDES OF THE OIL FROM SAPOTA SEEDS (ACHRAS SAPOTA).

The seeds of Acharas sapota contain about IO% of a liquid fat. The component fatty acids and the glycerides of the oil have been determined. The component fatty acids of the oil are lauric acid (1.6 %), myristic acid (6.2 %), palmitic acid (12.6 %), stearic acid (12.0 %), oleic acid (66.2 %) and linoleic acid (1.4 %). The component glycerides have been calculated to be oleopalmitostearin (5 %), dioleomyrestin (23%), dioleopalmitin (36%), dioleostearin (28%), trioleiri (5 %) with another 3% of disaturated mono-olein in which probably the saturated acids are lauric, myristic and a little of palmitic acid