Monoacylglycerol from Punica granatum seed oil

J Agric Food Chem. 2002 Jan 16;50(2):357-60. doi: 10.1021/jf010711w.

Abstract

The seeds of Punica granatum, known as hap roman in the Arabian Peninsula, are commonly eaten as a dessert. As part of an ongoing project to find nonnutritional natural products which have health benefits, or that can be exploited to protect crops, the chloroform-soluble extract of the fermented seeds of P. granatum was found to be rich in 1-O-trans,cis,trans-9,11,13-octadecatrienoyl glycerol (1). The seed oil is not lethal to brine shrimp larvae. 1-O-isopentyl-3-O-octadec-2-enoyl glycerol (2) and the known cis-9-octadecenoic, octadecanoic, and eicosanoic acids were also detected in small amounts in the seed oil by LC and MS. The structure of 1 was determined from NMR and MS spectral data.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Fruit
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Glycerides / analysis
  • Glycerides / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Onagraceae / chemistry*
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / toxicity
  • Plant Oils / chemistry*
  • Plants, Medicinal
  • Seeds / chemistry*

Substances

  • Glycerides
  • Plant Extracts
  • Plant Oils