Abstract: | The fractional composition of the polar lipids and also the fatty-acid composition of the main components of the phospholipids of the Chinese tallow tree have been studied. It has been established that in the seeds of the Chinese tallow tree there are 11 phospholipids, two glycolipids, and two phosphonolipids. The main fatty acids of the phospholipids are palmitic and linoleic.I. G. Kutateladze Institute of Pharmatochemistry, Georgian Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi. Institute of Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 619–621, September–October, 1991. |