Thin-layer chromatographic separations of seed oil unsaponifiables from four Sesamum species

A. Kamal-Eldin, G. Yousif, L. Å Appelqvist

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Abstract

A new, two-dimensional thin-layer chromatographic system was established to provide good separation of the unsaponifiable fractions from the seed oils of three wild Sesamum species, [S. alatum, Thonn.;S. radiatum, Schum and Thonn.; and S. angustifolium, (Oliv.) Engl.] and of the cultivated S. indicum, L. The system utilizes silica gel plates and n-hexane/diethyl ether (7:3, v/v) and chloroform/diethyl ether (9:1, v/v) as mobile phases in the first and second directions, respectively. The system could be used for qualitative studies and as a preparative technique for subsequent quantitative gas chromatographic separations in chemotaxonomic and related studies on Sesamum spp.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)844-847
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of the American Oil Chemists Society
Volume68
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 1991
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Analytical and preparative TLC
  • sesame seed oil
  • sesamin
  • sesamol
  • sesamolin
  • sterols
  • two-dimensional TLC
  • unsaponifiables

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Chemical Engineering(all)
  • Organic Chemistry

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