Title
Agro-industrial waste seeds from Peruvian Pouteria lucuma as new source of phytosterols
Date Issued
01 June 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidad de Chile
Publisher(s)
Academic Press
Abstract
Pouteria lucuma fruit is commonly used to prepare desserts, but it is also sold as pulp or flour. Then, huge amounts of its seeds are produced as agro-industrial waste, frequently eliminated. This study aims at analyzing the presence of all metabolites in Pouteria lucuma seed oil (LSO) by GC-MS and GC-FID. Several compounds were tentatively identified, such as fatty acids, fatty alcohols, carotenes, phytosterols and tocopherols from LSO. A representative result was the high amount of β-sitosterol with 851.49 ± 1.29 mg/100 g of LSO, followed by stigmasterol with 75.42 ± 1.02 mg/100 g. Fatty acids with the highest content were oleic acid (13.57 ± 1.50 g/100 g of LSO), 9E-octadecenoic acid (6.85 ± 1.15 g/100 g of LSO), palmitic acid (5.44 ± 1.18 g/100 g of LSO) and stearic acid (2.12 ± 1.03 g/100 g of LSO). Therefore, metabolites tentatively identified in Pouteria lucuma seed oil have been linked to healthy properties based on a high amount of β-sitosterol present. This evidence could determine this agro-industrial waste with having beneficial properties, thus providing great added value.
Volume
144
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Protección y nutrición de las plantas
Agricultura
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85102343114
Source
LWT
ISSN of the container
00236438
Source funding
Source project
Sponsor(s)
Este trabajo contó con el apoyo del CONCYTEC [Convenio 231-2015 FONDECYT].
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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