Lipids of the seeds and flesh of the fruit ofMandragora turcomanica

The lipid compositions of the seeds and the flesh of the fruit ofMandragora turcomanica have been investigated. The qualitative identity of the lipid compositions of the two parts of the fruit has been shown and it has been found that the degrees of saturation of the fatty acids of the triacylglycerides and phospholipids and of the free fatty acids of the fruit flesh are higher than those of the lipid classes of the seeds. Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, fax (371) 120 64 75. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 741–745, November–December 1998.