Triacylglycerols and fatty acids composition of egusi seed oil (Cucumeropsis Mannii Naudin)

Triacylglycerols were determined from a Cameroonian (African) white egusi seed oil (Cucumeropsis Mannii Naudin) using reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography. The fatty acid composition of two types of seed (red and white) is obtained by capillary gas chromatography. The study of the t...

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Published inGrasas y aceites (Sevilla) Vol. 44; no. 6; pp. 354 - 356
Main Authors KAPSEU, C, KAMGA, R, TCHATCHUENG, J. B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sevilla Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de la Grasa 30.12.1993
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
egusi seed oil
Fat industries
fatty acid (composition)
Food industries
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
triacyiglycerol (composition)
Gas chromatography
Seeds
Oil
Dicotyledones
Angiospermae
Cucurbitaceae
HPLC chromatography
Spermatophyta
Chemical composition
Triglyceride
Fatty acids
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Summary:Triacylglycerols were determined from a Cameroonian (African) white egusi seed oil (Cucumeropsis Mannii Naudin) using reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography. The fatty acid composition of two types of seed (red and white) is obtained by capillary gas chromatography. The study of the triacyiglycerol composition obtained in white egusi seed oil revealed that only nine triacylglycerols were present in amounts above 1% (area). The first five triglycerides represent more than 80% of the total triacylglycerols, and the major triacyiglycerol was palmitoyldilinoleoylglycerol, accounting for 23.6% of the oil. This oil contains a high proportion of linoleic acid (60% wt/wt).
ISSN:0017-3495
1988-4214
DOI:10.3989/gya.1993.v44.i6.1062