Fatty acid, Tocopherol and Sterol Composition in Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) of Mongolia

The content and composition of lipids isolated from seed and pulp of sea buckthorn were investigated. Fatty acids and sterols were analyzed by CGC while tocopherols were analyzed by HPLC. 12.67% glyceride was found in the seed. The oil of sea buckthorn seed oil showed low levels of saturated fatty acids in comparison with the buckthorn pulp oil. Palmitic (7.13%), oleic (15.85%), linoleic (36.9%) and linolenic acids (31.11%) predominated in the seed oil. Palmitic (29.17%), palmitoleic (32.86%), oleic (4.92%), vaccenic (9.35%) and linoleic (16.08%) fatty acid was dominating in the pulp oil. The primary tocopherol of sea buckthorn seed and pulp oil were α- tocopherol and γ-tocopherol (46.54mg/100g, 59.02mg/100g). Seed oil contains more (94.34mg/100g) total sterols than pulp (90.25mg/100g) oil. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5564/mjc.v12i0.187 Mongolian Journal of Chemistry Vol.12 2011: 126-130