Mustard oil

Description

An oil extracted from the seeds of a mustard plant family Brassicaceae (example - Brassia hirla). The non-drying oil contains the following fatty acids (average %): Oleic acid (27.2), Linoleic acid (16.6), Linolenic acid (1.8), erucic (51.0), and myristic acid (1.3) (CRC Handbook 1980).

Synonyms and Related Terms

Brassia hirla; huile de moutarde (Fr.)

Physical and Chemical Properties

• Iodine value = 102
• Saponification value = 174
• Density = 0.9145 g/ml
• Refractive Index = 1.475

Resources and Citations

• Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com Comment: "mustard." Accessed 17 May 2005 .

• Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000

• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Robert Weast (ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, v. 61, 1980 Comment: density=0.9145, ref. index = 1.475, iodine value=102, saponification value = 174