Composition of Fatty Acids and Tocopherols in Cherry and Lychee Seed Oils

Authors

  • Felix Aladedunye Max Rubner-Institut (MRI), Federal Research Institute for Nutrition and Food, Department for Safety and Quality of Cereals, Working Group for Lipid Research, Schützenberg 12, D-32756 Detmold, Germany
  • Farooq Anwar University of Sargodha, Sargodha-40100, Pakistan.
  • Tahir Mahmood Govt. Post Graduate College Samanabad, Faisalabad-38040, Pakistan
  • Tahir Mehmood University of Sargodha, Sargodha-40100, Pakistan.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24297/jab.v5i1.5352

Keywords:

underutilized oilseeds, fatty acids, minor components, cherry, lychee, tocopherols isomers.

Abstract

The fruit seed from two small fruits namely cherry (Prunus avium L.) and lychee (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) were analyzed for their oil yields, fatty acids and tocopherols composition. The oil content, extracted with hexane, from cherry and lychee fruit seed was found to be 4.1 and 3.2 %, respectively. Cherry fruit seed oil was characterized by the presence of high content of oleic acid (47.3%), followed by linoleic acid (30.6%) and α- eleostearic acid (9.2%) while lychee seed oil mainly contained dihydrosterculic acid (46.9%), oleic acid (29.3%) and linolenic acid (3.6%). The ratio of polyunsaturates to monounsaturates to saturates varied considerably between the seed oils tested. Besides, the oils from cherry and lychee exhibited appreciable amount (mg/kg) of α-, γ- and δ- tocopherols with contribution of 126.7, 223.1, 18.2 and 235.8, 97.3, 132.6, respectively. The results of this study advocate the uses of these under-utilized small fruit resources for oil production. The characterized oils, being a good source of unsaturated fatty acids and antioxidant totocopherols, could be explored for edible or oleochemical uses.

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Author Biographies

Farooq Anwar, University of Sargodha, Sargodha-40100, Pakistan.

Department of Chemistry

Tahir Mahmood, Govt. Post Graduate College Samanabad, Faisalabad-38040, Pakistan

Department of Chemistry

Tahir Mehmood, University of Sargodha, Sargodha-40100, Pakistan.

Department of Chemistry

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Published

2014-07-13

How to Cite

Aladedunye, F., Anwar, F., Mahmood, T., & Mehmood, T. (2014). Composition of Fatty Acids and Tocopherols in Cherry and Lychee Seed Oils. JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN BIOLOGY, 5(1), 586–593. https://doi.org/10.24297/jab.v5i1.5352

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