Matthaus, BOzcan, M2020-03-262020-03-2620050021-8561https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf051019uhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/19755Seed oils of 11 samples of Capparis ovata and Capparis spinosa from different locations in Turkey were of glucosinolates. The oil content of the seeds ranged from 27.3 to 37.6 g/100 g (C. spinosa) and from 14.6 to 38.0 g/100 g (C. ovata). The dominating fatty acid of both species was linoleic acid, which accounted for 26.9-55.3% in C. ovata seed oils and for 24.6-50.5% in C. spinosa seed oils. Oleic acid and its isomer, vaccenic acid, were both found in the seed oils in concentrations between 10 and 30%, respectively. The seed oils of both species were rich in tocopherols with the following composition: gamma-tocopherol, 124.3-1944.9 mg/100 g; delta-tocopherol, 2.7-269.5 mg/100 g; and (x-tocopherol, 0.6-13.8 mg/100 g. The concentration of total sterols ranged from 4875.5 to 12189.1 mg/kg (C. ovata) and from 4961.8 to 10009.1 mg/kg (C. spinosa), respectively. In addition to sitosterol, which amounted to similar to 60% of the total amount of sterols, campesterol and stigmasterol accounted for 16 and 10% of the total sterols, respectively. The seed oils showed remarkably high contents of Delta(5)avenasterol (between 138.8 and 599.4 mg/kg). The total content of glucosinolates of C. ovata and C. spinosa samples was determined as 34.5-84.6,mu mol/g for C. ovata and 42.6 - 88.9,mu mol/g for C. spinosa, respectively, on a dry weight basis, with >95% as glucocapperin.en10.1021/jf051019uinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessCapparis ovataCapparis spinosafatty acid compositionglucosinolatesseed oilsterolstocopherolsArticle53187136714116131121Q1WOS:000231643700026Q1