Claims
- 1. An improved edible vegetable oil having an improved distribution of fatty acids formed by the process consisting essentially of crushing and extracting Brassica napus oilseeds wherein said distribution of fatty acids is endogenously formed and said vegetable oil exhibits (1) an alpha-linolenic acid content of 1 to less than 3.5 percent by weight based upon the total fatty acid content, (2) an oleic acid content of at least 77 up to approximately 84 percent by weight based upon the total fatty acid content, (3) a total saturated fatty acid content of no more than 4.5 percent by weight based upon the total fatty acid content, and (4) an erucic acid content of no more than 2 percent by weight based upon the total fatty acid content, and wherein each of said recited traits of said oil was controlled by genetic means in the absence of cancellation as the result of the formation of the other recited traits.
- 2. An improved edible vegetable oil according to claim 1 which exhibits an oleic acid content of at least 80 percent up to approximately 84 percent by weight based upon the total fatty acid content.
- 3. An improved edible vegetable oil according to claim 1 which exhibits a total saturated fatty acid content of 2.5 to 4.5 percent by weight based upon the total fatty acid content.
- 4. An improved edible vegetable oil according to claim 1 which exhibits a saturated fatty acid content of approximately 2 to 4 percent by weight based upon the sum of stearic and palmitic acids in relation to the total fatty acid content.
- 5. An improved edible vegetable oil according to claim 1 which exhibits a saturated fatty acid content of approximately 2 to 3.5 percent by weight based upon the sum of stearic and palmitic acids in relation to the total fatty acid content.
- 6. An improved edible vegetable oil according to claim 1 which exhibits a saturated fatty acid content of approximately 2.5 to 3.5 percent by weight based upon the sum of stearic and palmitic acids in relation to the total fatty acid content.
- 7. An improved edible vegetable oil according to claim 1 wherein said oil additionally exhibits a linoleic acid content of approximately 8 to 11 percent by weight based upon the total fatty acid content.
- 8. An improved edible vegetable oil according to claim 1 wherein said oil additionally comprises linoleic acid and exhibits a weight ratio of linoleic acid to alpha-linolenic acid of approximately 3:1 to 4:1.
- 9. An improved edible vegetable oil according to claim 1 which exhibits an erucic acid content of less than 0.1 percent by weight based upon the total fatty acid content.
- 10. An improved edible vegetable oil according to claim 1 which exhibits an erucic acid content of less than 0.05 percent by weight based upon the total fatty acid content.
- 11. An improved edible vegetable oil according to claim 1 wherein the genetic means for the expression of said recited traits (1), (2), and (3) are obtainable by mutagenesis.
- 12. An improved edible vegetable oil according to claim 1 wherein the genetic means for the expression of said recited traits (1), (2), and (3) are those present in 94SN-52682 having ATCC Accession No. 75812, 94SN-53574 having ATCC Accession No. 75813, or 94SN-53662 having ATCC Accession No. 75814.
- 13. An improved edible vegetable oil according to claim 1 wherein said oil is present in a quantity of at least one liter.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/585,901, filed Jan. 16, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,955,623 which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/399,926, filed Mar. 7, 1995 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,625,130).
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