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FA and unsaponifiable composition of five Amazonian palm kernel oils
Author(s) -
Bereau Didier,
BenjellounMlayah Bouchra,
Banoub Joseph,
Bravo René
Publication year - 2003
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/s11746-003-0649-5
Subject(s) - unsaponifiable , triterpene , palm kernel oil , botany , food science , sterol , palm kernel , biology , cycloartenol , burseraceae , chemistry , traditional medicine , palm oil , cholesterol , biochemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
The kernel oils of five different palm species native to the Amazon basin and French Guyana were studied. Those studied were Acrocomia lasiospatha Wall., Astrocaryum vulgare C. Mart., Bactris gasipaes H.B.K., Elaeis oleifera (Kunth) Cortés, and Maximiliana maripa Drude. Lauric and myristic acids were found in all of the oils. Analysis of the unsaponifiable contents, especially the sterol and triterpene alcohol determinations, revealed the preponderance of sitosterol and the presence of two triterpene alcohols (cycloartenol and 24‐methylenecycloartanol). Antioxidant (vitamin E) levels were present in small amounts, with the levels being more similar to olive than to palm oil.