TI: Fatty acid compositions of tigernut tubers (Cyperus esculentus L.), baobab seeds (Adansonia digitata L.), and their mixture.

AU: Eteshola-E; Oraedu-ACI
AD: Department of Biochemistry, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria.
SO: Journal-of-the-American-Oil-Chemists'-Society. 1996, 73: 2, 255-257; 21 ref.
PY: 1996
LA: English

AB: Fatty acid profiles and iodine values of tigernut tubers (Cyperus esculentus), decorticated seeds of the baobab tree (Adansonia digitata), and their mixture (1 part of tigernut to 3 parts of baobab seeds, w/w) were chromatographically and chemically estimated. All 3 samples contained myristic acid as the main saturated acid and oleic acid as the predominant unsaturated acid. Linoleic acid was present in the samples to the extent of 8.8-27.4%, and no other polyunsaturated acids were found. The vegetable oil mixture had the highest level of linoleate, and its possible significance in relation to the intended use in novel food formulation is discussed.

DE: fruits-; nuts-; seeds-; tubers-; myristic-acid; oleic-acid; linoleic-acid; essential-fatty-acids; fatty-acids; composition-; plant-oils; multipurpose-trees; forest-trees; plant-composition; edible-species
OD: Cyperus-esculentus; Adansonia-digitata
GE: Nigeria-
RN: 544-63-8; 112-80-1; 60-33-3
BT: Cyperus; Cyperaceae; Cyperales; monocotyledons; angiosperms; Spermatophyta; plants; Adansonia; Bombacaceae; Malvales; dicotyledons; ACP-Countries; Anglophone-Africa; Commonwealth-of-Nations; Developing-Countries; West-Africa; Africa-South-of-Sahara; Africa
CC: KK500; FF040; QQ050; QQ500; KK100; KK600
CD: Forest-Products-General; Plant-Composition; Crop-Produce; Food-Composition-and-Quality; Forestry-General; Agroforestry
PT: Journal-article
IS: 0003-021X
UD: 961001
AN: 961406047