The study of fatty acid composition of Canna lily (Canna x hybrida hort.) leaves and flowersusing Gas Chromatography
The qualitative composition and quantitative content of fatty acids in Canna leaves and flowers was determined with the use of gas chromatography. As the result of the experiment 16 fatty acids were identified. Unsaturated fatty acids were found to prevail. Their content comprised 97.02% in the leaves and 99.35% in the flowers. Linoleic and linolenic acids were found to be accumulated in the highest quantity, their content in the leaves was 19.27% and 12.70% respectively. The content of linoleic acid in the flowers was 22.75%, linolenic - 15.75%. Palmitic acid dominated among the saturated ones. The content of palmitic acid comprised in the leaves - 33.17%, in the flowers - 23.36%.