The unsaponifiable matters including sterols, 4-methyl sterols and triterpene alcohols in perilla seed oil were separated and analyzed using flash chromatography with silica gel H and GC.
The unsaponifiable matters of the oil from Xanthoceras sorbifolia Bge. are separated by TLC with silica gel G into four fractions:sterols, triterpene alcohols, 4-methyl sterols and hydrocarbons.