Hydrocarbons, Fatty Alcohols and Sterols from three Varieties of Mango Kernels Fat

Three varieties of mangoes (Mangifera Indica) Challnsa, Sindhri, and Desl in Pakistan have been selected to find out unsaponifiable matter 1.5-2.31 %. It consists of hydrocarbons 8,6-9,8 % of carbon chain length CIl-C"" whereas, squalene 45,26-54.19 % is determined in these varieties, The primary fatty alcohols 11.5-12.3 % of carbon chain CIl-C", are also separated and identified, Octacosanol is the predominant alcohol in each of the variety. The sterols are separated by preparative TLC and identified as 4,4 dimethyl sterols 15,1-16.0 %, 4-methyl sterols 6,4-7.0 % and 4-desmethyl sterols 53,5-54,0 % and unidentified matter 2.5-3.0 %. Thin layer chromatography was used for separation and purification. whereas gas chromatography and spectroscopic techniques i,e" IR and MS were applied for identitication and characterization of various classes of compounds

RANA ALTAF HUSSIAN ,HAMID LATIF SIDDIQUI ,ZEESHAN ALI ,