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acid and show very limited variation in FA composi- Acknowledgements
tion (Röbbelen & Thies 1980).
The authors thank the Germplasm Bank of the
FA composition was reported for B. incana,
Botanical Garden of the University of Palermo for
B. rupestris and B. villosa by Velasco et al. (1998)
providing the accessions of Brassicaceae. Special
with the amount of C 22:1 exceeding 50% of T-
thanks go to Prof. F. M. Raimondo for the critical
FA, while in the species analysed in the present
review of the manuscript and to Dr Massimo
study the results never exceeded 25%; however, the
Migliorini for helpful suggestions in the statistical
absolute value of FA cannot be compared since the
analysis. Financial support was provided by Palermo
authors did not report such data. The correlation
University (Fondi di Ateneo), by the Italian MIUR
between T-FA content and C 18:1, C 18:2 and C
(PRIN 2007) and by Siena University (P.A.R.).
22:1 FA suggests that in the seeds of the taxa analy-
sed here, unsaturated FA content was prevalent.
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