Abstract: | The compositions of the lipids and fatty acids of the roots ofAconitum septentrionale and of their processing wastes have been investigated. A high level of the 18:2 and 18:3 acids has been found in the root lipids. A technological stage that concentrates in the wastes lipids that can be used as a complex of biologically active substances has been determined.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, fax (3712) 89 14 75. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 701–704, September-October, 1996. Original article submitted March 11, 1996. |