Abstract

Zahra Moghanloo¹, Parisa Ziarati¹, Jinous Asgarpanah^2*

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/310159

The oil content and fatty acid composition of the mature seeds of Acacia tortilis collected from natural habitat of the south of Iran were analyzed in order to determine their potential for human or animal consumption.The oil content in these edible seedswas found to be 4.1 % based on the fresh weight. The oil was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Three fatty acids and one triterpenewere identified which constituted 95.5 % of the oil. The main fatty acid of the oil was linoleic acid (70.0%).

Acacia tortilis; Seed oil; Linoleic acid

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