A research team led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Huazhong Agricultural University has identified two new fatty acids — named Nebraskanic acid and Wuhanic acid — in the seed oil of the Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus), a flowering plant native to central China. The discovery is reported in the journal Nature Plants. Top: flowers and seeds of the Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus). Bottom: the structures...
