Chemical Examination of Pongamia Pinnata Linn Seeds

Kiran Vajpai; S. K. Vajpai; D. K. Shrivastava

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Chemical Examination of Pongamia Pinnata Linn Seeds

Kiran Vajpai¹, S. K. Vajpai¹ and D.K. Shrivastava²

¹Department of Chemistry, CMD Post Graduate College, Bilaspur - M.P. India.

²Department of Chemistry, Government Model Science College, Bilaspur, - M.P. India.

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ABSTRACT:

Pongamia pinnata Linn seeds have been found to contain calorie (6111 calorie/gm); oil. 25.83%; proteins 30.15%; carbohydrates, 24.63%; ash 2.23%; moisture 4.63%. Various techniques of chromatography revealed the presence of palmitic, oleic and linoletc acids. Atomic absorption analysis of defatted seeds indicated the presence of Cu**, Co**. Ni**, Pb**, Zn**, Na*. K* and Fe*** cations.

KEYWORDS:

carbohydrates; chromatography; Atomic absorption