linoleic-acid and delta-tocopherol

Eucommia ulmoides seed oil is the main byproduct of E. ulmoides cultivation. To better understand its functions, E. ulmoides seed oil is characterized comprehensively in this work. The composition of E. ulmoides seed, physicochemical properties, thermal properties, fatty acid composition, triacylglycerol (TAG) composition and Vitamin E composition of E. ulmoides seed oil were determined. The results show that the E. ulmoides seed contained about 34.63% oil. The excellent physicochemical properties of E. ulmoides seed oil ensured it has a potential to be developed as an edible oil. The main fatty acids in E. ulmoides seed oil were linolenic acid (61.36%), oleic acid (17.02%), and linoleic acid (12.04%). HPLC-ELSD method determined that LnLnLn (37.99%), LnLnO (22.62%), LnLnL (14.5%), and LnLnP (8.78%) were the oil's major TAG components. The oil exhibited a unique thermal curve which contained 2 melting peaks at -38.45 and -22.22 °C, respectively. The total content of vitamin E in E. ulmoides seed oil was 190.96 mg/100g, which exist mainly in γ-tocopherol and δ-tocopherol isomer. Overall, the results indicated that E. ulmoides seed oil is a promising oil in food, pharmaceutics, cosmetics and other nonfood industries.

Topics: alpha-Linolenic Acid; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Eucommiaceae; Fatty Acids; gamma-Tocopherol; Linoleic Acid; Oleic Acid; Plant Oils; Seeds; Tocopherols; Triglycerides; Vitamin E

Seed samples of some rape and canola cultivars were analysed for oil content, fatty acid and tocopherol profiles. Gas liquid chromotography and high performance liquid chromotography were used for fatty acid and tocopherol analysis, respectively. The oil contents of rape and canola seeds varied between 30.6% and 48.3% of the dry weight (p<0.05). The oil contents of rapeseeds were found to be high compared with canola seed oils. The main fatty acids in the oils are oleic (56.80-64.92%), linoleic (17.11-20.92%) and palmitic (4.18-5.01%) acids. A few types of tocopherols were found in rape and canola oils in various amounts: α-tocopherol, γ-tocopherol, δ-tocopherol, β-tocopherol and α-tocotrienol. The major tocopherol in the seed oils of rape and canola cultivars were α-tocopherol (13.22-40.01%) and γ-tocopherol (33.64-51.53%) accompanied by α-T3 (0.0-1.34%) and δ-tocopherol (0.25-1.86%) (p<0.05). As a result, the present study shows that oil, fatty acid and tocopherol contents differ significantly among the cultivars.

Topics: alpha-Tocopherol; beta-Tocopherol; Brassica; Brassica rapa; Chromatography, Gas; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Fatty Acids; Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; Linoleic Acid; Oleic Acid; Palmitic Acid; Plant Oils; Rapeseed Oil; Seeds; Species Specificity; Tocopherols

The oleic acid content of seed oils varied between 21.4% (ATAEM7) and 26.6% (Türksoy). The proportion of linoleic acid of soybean oil ranged from 49.0% (Türksoy) to 53.5% (ATAEM7), while the palmitic acid of oils varied between 9.2% (Adasoy) and 11.2% (Noya). The major tocopherols were ¥-tocopherol, α-tocopherol and δ-tocopherol in all the varieties of soybean oil. As a result, this study showed that the seeds are to be a potential source of valuable oil which might be used for edible and other industrial applications.

Topics: alpha-Tocopherol; Fatty Acids; Linoleic Acid; Oleic Acid; Palmitic Acid; Soybean Oil; Tocopherols; Turkey