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Seed germination as an index of potential free fatty acid content of sesame oil
Author(s) -
Kinman Murray L.,
Ibert Edward R.
Publication year - 1956
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/bf02633254
Subject(s) - threshing , sesame seed , germination , fatty acid , sesame oil , biology , food science , botany , horticulture , chemistry , raw material , sesamum , biochemistry , ecology
Summary Damage to sesame seed by mechanical threshing equipment resulted in loss of seed viability immediately. FFA content of oil in damaged seed increased gradually after harvest. High correlation coefficients were obtained between viability immediately following harvest and free fatty acid content of oil in sesame seed at various dates after harvest. The results of the analyses of the data indicate that viability of the seed at harvest may be of value in estimating the free fatty acid content of oil for various storage periods.