%0 Journal Article
%T Physicochemical and Fatty Acids Composition of Barberry integerrima seed integerrima seed integerrima seed integerrima seed integerrima seed integerrima seed Integerrima seed seed seed Seed - Physicochemical and Fatty Acids Composition of Barberry integerrima seed integerrima seed integerrima seed integerrima seed integerrima seed integerrima seed Integerrima seed seed seed Seed - Open Access Pub
%A Atefe Tavakoli
%A Mohammad Ali Sahari
%A Mohsen Asghari Ghajari
%A Mohsen Barzegar
%J OAP | Home | International Journal of Nutrition | Open Access Pub
%D 2018
%X In this study, chemical composition of Barberry integerrima seed and physicochemical properties and fatty acids composition of its oil were determined. The seeds contained 11.4 % oil and protein, moisture, crude fiber and ash contents were 17.0%, 19.1%, 48.8% and 2.9%, respectively. The main fatty acids recognized by gas chromatography were linolenic (¦Ø-3), linoleic (¦Ø-6) and oleic (¦Ø-9) acid (38.3, 37.0, 15.5%, respectively). The density and refractive index of the extracted barberry seed oil were 0.821 and 1.4780, respectively. FFA (% as oleic acid), acid value (mg KOH/g oil), iodine value (g I2/100 g oil), saponification number (mg KOH/ g oil), and unsaponifiable matter content (%) of the extracted oil from Barberry integerrima seeds were 0.70, 1.4, 180.0, 197.2, and 2.3, respectively. Color of extracted crude oil exhibited red unit 4.9, yellow unit 18.6 and blue unit 1.9, respectively. Total phenolics compounds (mg Gallic acid/kg oil), total tocopherols (mg/kg oil) and total sterols (mg/100g oil), were 323.0, 111.1 and 762.3, respectively. Specific extinctions at 232 nm (K232) and 270 nm (K270) and R-value (K232/K270) were 3.9, 2.2 and 1.8, respectively. The present study revealed that Barberry integerrima seed oil can be a valuable source of oil for food, pharmaceutics and cosmetics uses. DOI10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-14-478 The healthful effects of minor components available in vegetable oils have become a topic of renewed interest in recent years 1. Nowadays, especially valuable vegetable oils (such as berry seed oils) are gaining attention owing to their health properties which are linked to their high value of antioxidants and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). Different types of barberry are popular around the world for various benefits such as medical, ornamental and food uses 2. The genus Berberis belongs to Berberidaceae family 3. Barberry is an evergreen and self-fertile plant 4 which is represented by about 12 genera and 600 species. Berberis L. is the major group of this family with around 500 species 3, 5. However, many of them may be equivalent 6. Distribution of Barberries perhaps appeared before Palaeocene in Eastern Asia 7. The Asia (or Eurasia) and South America are two centers of variety of the genus 6, 8, 9. Popular barberry has Asian origin, that presumably relates to Western and Middle Asiatic mountains 10. Iranian barberries are classified, according to their botany, into five wild species including Berberis Orthobotrys Bienert ex Schneid, Berberis vulgaris L., Berberis integerrima Bunge, Berberis crataegina DC., Berberis
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