Abstract
The waxes of leafy vegetables were extracted with n-hexane and then the hydrocarbon portions were separated from the waxes by means of silica gel column chromatography. The amount of the hydrocarbon obtained from spinach was 0.1g per 100g of dried material, and that from New Zealand spinach was 0.025g. The hydrocarbon portion of spinach was composed of three homologous series of normal (88.6%, C27-C33), iso (9.3%, C29-C33 odd members) and anteiso paraffins (2.1%, C30-C32 even mennbers). The amount of n-paraffin C31 (63.5%) was maximuln among these hydrocarbons. The hydrocarbon portion of New Zealand spinach was composed of two homologous series of normal (98.9%, C29-C33) and iso paraffins (1.1%, C31-C33 odd nnembers), and anteiso paraffin was not contaimed. The amount of n-paraffin C31 (86%) was maximum among these hydrocarbons, and it was similar to the case of spinach. The olefine portion was not detected from both spinach and New Zealanld spinach.
