%0 Journal Article
%T Caracterizaci¨®n preliminar del aceite obtenido del fruto completo de Roystonea regia (Kunth) O. F. Cook
%A Rodr¨ªguez Leyes
%A Eduardo A.
%A Gonz¨¢lez Canavaciolo
%A V¨ªctor L.
%A Marrero Delange
%A David
%A Adames Fajardo
%A Yuliamny
%A Vicente Murillo
%A Roxana
%J Revista Cubana de Plantas Medicinales
%D 2008
%I ECIMED
%X introduction: the cuban royal palm tree oil, roystonea regia (kunth) o.f. cook, has possibilities to be used as raw material in the cuban pharmaceutical industry. objectives: to characterize the cuban royal palm tree oil and to study its fatty acid composition. methods: the official methods described in usp 27 were used and the composition of fatty acids was estimated by gas chromatography. results: relative density was 0.874 - 0.970 g/ml; refraction index 1.454 - 1.463; the saponification index ranged 190.0 to 221.8; the acidity index ranged 5.2 to 26.4; iodine index was 49.2 to 55.8; and the contents of non-saponificable material ranged 2.0 to 13.4 %. the total of fatty acids in the analyzed oils varied from 74.4 to 89.4 %. the composition of fatty acids standardized at 100 % was given by the following concentrations: c8:0 y c10:0 (0.1-0.9 %); c12:0 (17.9-27.8 %); c14:0 (9.3-12.7 %); c16:0 (9.3-15.0 %); c16:1 (0.1-0.6 %); c18:0 (2.5-3.7 %); c18:1 (27.3-37.3 %); c18:2 (12.8-17.4 %); y c18:3 (0.1-0.5 %). conclusions: some of the physical and chemical characteristics of r. regia fruit oil were studied in this paper.
%K roystonea regia
%K oil
%K characterization
%K fatty acids
%K gas chromatography.
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