%0 Journal Article
%T Physiochemical properties and antioxidant potential of Persea Americana seed oil
%A Banji Adaramola
%A Adebayo Onigbinde
%A Oluwatosin Shokunbi
%J Chemistry Internatioanl
%P 168-175
%D 2016
%X Oil extracted from Persea Americana seed was assayed for its physiochemical properties and antioxidant potential using various standard methods. The oil content of the seed was found to be < 10%. Brownish-red color oil was liquid at room temperature, with specific gravity of 0.91¡À0.02 g/mL. Other physiochemical parameters determined were; acid value (4.51¡À0.08 mgKOH/g), %FFA (2.26¡À0.08), peroxide value (2.40¡À0.57 mgO2/Kg), ester value (31.26¡À0.03 mgKOH/g), saponification value (35.76¡À0.07 mgKOH/g) and iodine value (23.5¡À0.07). The results of the antioxidant activities of the seed oil showed that the flavonoid content (80.00¡À1.41 mgQE/g) was ~10 folds higher than the phenolic content (8.27¡À0.06 mgGAE/g). The DPPH radical scavenging value was found to be 51.54¡À0.25% with an IC50 value of 4.68¡À0.02 mg/mL and reducing power with an average absorbance of 0.85¡À0.01 and an IC50 value of 0.001¡À0.02 mg/mL. Gallic acid showed better antioxidant activities than the oil studied. The results obtained in this study showed that Persea Americana seed oil has nutritional, industrial as well as medicinal potentials.
%K Persea Americana
%K Seed oil
%K Physiochemical
%K Antioxidant
%K Nutritional values
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