TY - JOUR
T1 - Fatty acid profiles of leaves of nine edible wild plants
T2 - An Australian study
AU - Liu, Lixia
AU - Howe, Peter
AU - Zhou, Ye Fang
AU - Hocart, Charles
AU - Zhang, Ren
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1111/j.1745-4522.2002.tb00209.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1745-4522.2002.tb00209.x
M3 - Article
SN - 1065-7258
VL - 9
SP - 65
EP - 71
JO - Journal of Food Lipids
JF - Journal of Food Lipids
IS - 1
ER -