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| Title: | Studies on physico-chemical characteristics and fatty acid composition of wild apricot (Prunus armeniaca Linn.) kernel oil |
| Authors: | Gupta, Anil
Sharma, P C
Tilakratne, B M K S
Verma, Anil K |
| Keywords: | Apricot
Prunus armeniaca
Kernels
Crude oil
Fatty acid composition
Vitamin E |
| Issue Date: | Sep-2012 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. cl. (2011.01)—A61K 36/00, C11B 1/04 |
| Abstract: | Some principle characteristics like fruit,
stone and kernel weight and kernel and oil recovery as crude oil and
physico-chemical characteristics of apricot (Prunus armeniaca Linn.) kernel oils were determined in
the stones collected from different locations of Himachal Pradesh. Mean fruit
weight of apricot fruits ranged between 8.0-15.1 g with the stone recovery of
12.7-22.2% having stone weight 1.78-1.92 g. Further, the kernel recovery was
found ranging between 30.7-33.7% whereas kernels gave oil yield of 45.6-46.3%
crude oil. The study further revealed that the colour of apricot kernel oil was
yellow whereas acid value; peroxide value; iodine value and saponification
value were reported as 2.27-2.78 mg KOH/g; 5.12-5.27 meq/kg; 100.2-100.4 g I2/100
g and 189.8-191.3 mg KOH/g oil, respectively. The fatty acid profile of these
oils showed that the oleic (62.07-70.6%); linoleic (20.5-27.76%); linolenic
(0.4-1.42%); palmitic (5.0-7.79%) acids are present in major quantity, while
palmitoleic acid (0.48-0.70%) in small quantities. Vitamin E contents were
present in oil to the extent of 72-107 mg/100 g. Apricot oil was characterized
by its high contents of oleic and linoleic acid. The apricot oils because of
the fatty acid composition indicates that they may be suitable as edible oils
and vitamin E rich contents make these oils suitable for use in preparation of
cosmetic and moisturizing creams for dry skins, massaging oils and for
industrial use.
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| Page(s): | 366-370 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0976-0512 (Online); 0976-0504 (Print) |
| Source: | IJNPR Vol.3(3) [September 2012]
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