Petroselic acid

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Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) is an herbaceous crop widely grown for the herb cilantro and for coriander seed, a common spice (Evangelista et al., 2015). The seed contains oil consisting of 57-75% petroselinic acid (Fig. 11.11.1), 6-cw-octadecenoic acid (Isbell, 2009). Ozonolysis of petrosele-nic acid would produce lauric acid (C12 0) for use in surfactants and adipic acid for Nylon 6,6 (Millam et al., 1997). The seed produces 12.8-30.2% oil with yields averaging 900-1120 up to 2800 kg/ha but has yet to achieve success as an oilseed crop (Isbell, 2009). Attempts to engineer petroselinic acid production in transgenic crops have also proven problematic (Suh et al., 2002). 

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