Vegetable tallow, Chinese

Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb. S. discolor Mueller-Arg. Wu Jiu Shan Jiu (Chinese tallow tree, Chinese vegetable tallow) (Leaf, root bark) Xanthoxylin, corilagin, sebiferic acid, lauric acid, margaric acid, palmitic acid.33-50 Antihypertensive activity, for constipation, poisoning, skin diseases. 

Despite the increasing interest in minor oilseed crops there are no examples at the present time of any major growth areas. There is however some commercial interest in crops such as evening primrose, cuphea, Chinese vegetable tallow, crambe and certain species of vernonia. 

Palmitic acid is the most widely occurring saturated acid, being present in practically every fat examined. It is present in fish oils (10-30%), in the milk and depot fats of land animals (up to 30%), and in vegetable fats. Useful sources of this acid include cottonseed oil (17-31%, Section 3.3.10), palm oil (32-59%, Section 3.3.24), Chinese vegetable tallow (60-70%, Section 3.3.6), and animal fats from pig, sheep and cattle (25-37%, Section 3.4.2). 

Chinese vegetable tallow consists primarily of tri-saturated triacylglycerols (25%) and 2-oleodi-saturated triacylglycerols (70%) of which the major... 

Table 3.16 Fatty acid composition (wt %) of Chinese vegetable tallow...

Stilhella thermophile, 152 Stillingia oil, 11,13,52,53,58 see also Chinese vegetable tallow Stillingic acid, 11 Stillingia sebifera, 58 Storage, 183,189 Streptococcus species, 35, 47,157 Strontium myristate, 328 Strophanthus species, 19 Structural determination, 272, 282 Structure, 142,159, 321, 322, 327, 332, 339,382... 

Chinese vegetable tallow Fatty substances from the kernels of the Chinese vegetable tallow tree, StiUingia sebifera. This is the same tree, which yields stillingia oil. 

Stillingia Oil n Pale yellow, limpid, drying oil peculiar odor mustard-Hke taste. Slightly soluble in alcohol. Sp gr, 0.943-0.945 iodine number, 160 saponification value, 210. See Chinese Vegetable Tallow. 

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