Table 2.
GC/MS analysis of fatty acid methyl esters of Spinach roots and flowers.
|
Roots
|
Flowers
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
% Peak
area |
Compound | Rt | %Peak area | Compound | Rt | ||
| 0.38 | Tetradecanoic acid | 19.55 | 0.46 | Tetradecanoic acid | 19.55 | ||
| 0.43 | Pentadecanoic acid | 20.88 | 0.34 | Tetradecanoic acid,12-methyl | 20.51 | ||
| 18.73* | Hexadecanoic acid | 22.18 | 0.38 | Pentadecanoic acid | 20.89 | ||
| 1.88 | Heptadecanoic acid,16-methyl | 24.12 | 0.15 | Pentadecanoic acid, 14-methyl | 21.70 | ||
| 0.63 | 9,12-Octadecadienoic acid (ω6) |
24.74 | 24.16* | Hexadecanoic acid (palmitic) | 22.22 | ||
| 0.74 | 6,9- Octadecadienoic acid | 25.23 | 30.53* | 9,12,15-Octadecadienoic acid (ω3) |
24.34 | ||
| 1.02 | Eicosanoic acid | 26.72 | 1.19 | Nonanoic acid, 9-(o-propylphenyl) | 25.01 | ||
| 0.55 | Octadecanoic acid,11-methyl | 28.39 | 2.59 | 10,13- octadecadienoic acid | 25.25 | ||
| 0.38 | 4,8,12,16 tetramethyl heptadecan -4-olide |
27.06 | |||||
*
major compounds