
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Tonnet, ML 
A1  - Snudden, PM 
T1  - Oil and protein content of the seeds of some pasture legumes
JF  - Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
JO  - Aust. J.  Agric. Res.
Y1  - 1974
VL  - 25
IS  - 5
SP  - 767
EP  - 774
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9740767 
N2  - Trifolium species contained 3.5&ndash;19.4&#37; oil and 28.8&ndash;46.7&#37; protein. The degree of unsaturation of the oil differed between the species, but T. subterraneum was found to have both a high oil content and a high degree of unsaturation (74&#37;). Differences between cultivars of T. subterraneum in oil composition were small and an average of 51&#37; linoleic acid was found. The oil resembles that of cottonseed and T. subterraneum could have worth-while potential as an edible oil seed crop. Nine Medicago species had oil contents of 3.3&ndash;15.9&#37; and protein contents of 30.6&ndash;48.9&#37;. Thirteen Onobrychis species had oil and protein contents in the ranges 6.5&ndash;17.7&#37; and 35.5&ndash;40.0&#37; respectively. The oil from these 22 species differed in both fatty acid composition and degree of unsaturation, with large proportions of linolenic acid in most species. Trigonella coelesyriaca contained 5.2&#37; oil and 30.0&#37; protein. Ornithopus compressus contained 37.7&#37; protein and 13.3&#37; oil with low linolenic acid but 6&#37; erucic acid. 
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