Fatty acids, sterols and triglycerides composition of cold pressed oil from pomegranate seeds
RIVISTA ITALIANA DELLE SOSTANZE GRASSE, vol.98, no.3, pp.197-204, 2021 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 98 Issue: 3
- Publication Date: 2021
- Journal Name: RIVISTA ITALIANA DELLE SOSTANZE GRASSE
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.197-204
- Keywords: Cold press, Fatty acid composition, Pomegranate, Punicic acid, Sterol, Tocopherol, HPLC
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Pomegranate seed oil (PSO) was obtained by cold pressing of seeds of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) grown in Turkey. Total crude oil was obtained from pomegranate seeds on a 14.62% dry matter (DM) and it was determined to having a high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids (87.82%). The dominant fatty acid in pomegranate seeds was determined to be punicic acid (C18:3n-5; 9c, 11t, 13c) and it was found that it constitutes about 76.14% of the total fat content. It was observed that the total tocopherol content of PSO was 258.40 mg/100g and the main tocopherol was alpha-tocotrienol and the others were alpha-tocopherol (189.89 mg/100g) and gamma-tocopherol (53.14 mg/100g), respectively. The total sterol content of PSO was 930 mg/100g with a predominance of beta-sitosterol in our study and the beta-sterol content was 87.32%. The major triacylglycerols (TAG) in pomegranate seed oil were determined to be Stearic-Punicic-Punicic acid (SPuPu; 4.34%), Oleic-Punicic-Linoleic acid (OPuL; 1.10%) and Palmitic-Punicic-Linoleic acid (PPuL; 0.71%), respectively.