Open AccessDIETARY FATTY ACIDS AND AMINO ACIDS OF CAMELINA SATIVA SEED
Author(s) -
ZUBR J.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of food quality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.568
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1745-4557
pISSN - 0146-9428
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4557.2003.tb00260.x
Subject(s) - camelina sativa , camelina , food science , isoleucine , ingredient , chemistry , linoleic acid , valine , methionine , leucine , amino acid , phenylalanine , fodder , oleic acid , linolenic acid , erucic acid , fatty acid , botany , crop , biology , agronomy , biochemistry , rapeseed
Camelina sativa ( L. ) Crantz is an ancient oilseed crop. Camelina seed can be used as a food ingredient and raw material for the production of oil. The by‐product from the production of oil by pressing (oil cakes) was traditionally used as fodder ingredient. Camelina seed samples for analyses were collected from geographically remote localities in Europe and in Scandinavia (6° W ‐ 25° E, 48 ‐ 61° N). The seed was analyzed for the content of oil, fatty acids, total nitrogen and amino acids. The mean content of oil in the seed was 43.3 ± 0.22%/DM. The predominating acid, α‐linolenic (18:3 n‐3), was 37.8 ± 0.17%; and others were oleic acid (18:1 n‐6) 13.4 ± 0.13%; linoleic acid (18:2 n‐6) 14.8 ± 0.12%; gondoic acid (20: 1 n‐9) 15.4 ± 0.16% and erucic acid (22: 1 n‐9) was 2.76 ± 0.07%/total FA. Crude protein was 42.5 ± 0.46%/fat free DM. Considerable amounts of essential amino acids were present, such as arginine 8.15 ± 0.06%; glycine 5.44 ± 0.04%; isoleucine 3.96 ± 0.02%; leucine 6.63 ± 0.04%; lysine 4.95 ± 0.04%; phenylalanine 4.19 ± 0.04%; proline 5.09 ± 0.03%; threonine 4.25 ± 0.03% and valine 5.42 ± 0.04%. The methionine content was 1.72 ± 0.04% and cystine, 2.12 ± 0.05% (A.A. g/16 g N).