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Chemical composition of acacia seeds
Author(s) -
Banerji R.,
Chowdhury A. R.,
Misra G.,
Nigam S. K.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02546017
Subject(s) - acacia , composition (language) , chemical composition , chemistry , food science , botany , biology , horticulture , organic chemistry , art , literature
The seeds of 12 species of Acacia , although rich in C‐18 unsaturated acids (47.9–93.5%), have low oil content (2.5–10.2%). Highest concentration of octadecatrienoic acid was in A. lenticularis (80.3%), A. suma (76.8%) and A. tortilis (71.7%) oils. A. mollissima was rich in octadecadienoic (69.1%) and A. senegal in octadecenoic (42.5%) acids. All the seed oils showed the presence of epoxy 18:1 acid, 0.6–3.8%. The protein content of the processed seed meals ranged from 13.4–37.2%, the highest being in A. senegal . Fiber content varied from 8.8–11.9%.