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A comparative study of fatty acid profiles of Passiflora seed oils from Uganda
Author(s) -
Nyanzi Steven A.,
Carstensen Bernd,
Schwack Wolfgang
Publication year - 2005
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/s11746-005-1040-2
Subject(s) - passiflora , passion fruit , iodine value , linoleic acid , botany , horticulture , palmitic acid , passifloraceae , composition (language) , chemistry , linolenic acid , biology , food science , fatty acid , organic chemistry , linguistics , philosophy
A comparative study is presented of the FA composition (FAC) of the seed oils from the yellow passion fruit Passiflora edulis Sims var. flavicarpa ( I ), the purple fruit Passiflora edulis Sims var. edulis ( II ), the purple Kawanda hybrid, which is a cross between I and II (III) , and the light‐yellow apple passion fruit Passiflora maliformis L. ( IV ) grown in Uganda. Oil yields from the four varieties were between 18.5 and 28.3%. A GC analysis of the oils showed the most dominant FA to be linoleic (67.8–74.3%), oleic (13.6–16.9%), palmitic (8.8–11.0%), stearic (2.2–3.1%), and α‐linolenic (0.3–0.4%) acids. The unsaturated FA content in the oils was high (85.4–88.6%). Iodine values of the seed oils of I, II, III , and IV calculated from the FAC were 133, 141, 133, and 138, respectively. The FAC and the iodine value of the seed oil in III are distinctly closer to the rootstock ( I ) than the scion ( II ). This indicates that the rootstock influence on the FAC of passion fruit seeds is graft‐transmissible. The study further confirms that passion fruit seed oils represent a good source of essential unsaturated FA.