Fatty acid, vitamin E and sterols composition of seed oils from nine different pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) cultivars grown in Spain

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2015

Authors

Luana Fernandes (Author) Other; Jose Alberto Pereira (Author) Other; Isabel Lopez Cortes (Author) Other; Domingo M Salazar (Author) Other; Elsa Ramalhosa (Author) Other; Susana Casal (Author) FFUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Vol. 39

Pages: 13-22

ISSN: 0889-1575

Publisher: Elsevier

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Scientific classification

FOS: Agrarian Sciences > Other Agrarian Sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00A-8ZB

DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2014.11.006

Abstract (EN): The present study was conducted to determine the major bioactive lipid components of the seed oils of nine pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) cultivars grown in Spain, namely fatty acids, vitamin E and sterol compositions. The seeds yielded oil contents ranging from 4.44% to 13.70% of dry matter and showed high contents of polyunsaturated fatty acids (86.7.2-90.3%). The predominant fatty acid was 9,11, 13-octadeca-trienoic acid (punicic acid), a conjugated linolenic acid characteristic from pomegranate seeds, with contents between 3523 and 10,586 mg/100 g of seeds. Total tocopherol contents ranged from 135 to 525 mg/100 g of oil, with gamma-tocopherol as the main component, and with different compositional ratios between varieties. Concerning sterols in the oil, total amounts ranged from 364 to 553 mg/100 g, with a predominance of beta-sitosterol. After performing principal component analysis, intercultivar differences were found, a potential tool for cultivar authenticity purposes. Moreover, the ingestion of pomegranate arils, with their seeds, increases their beneficial health properties.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 10