Title
Markers of quality and genuineness of commercial extra virgin sacha inchi oils
Date Issued
01 October 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Gómez-Coca R.B.
Guinda A.
Moreda W.
Del Aguila C.
Pérez-Camino M.C.
Publisher(s)
Instituto de la Grasa
Abstract
This work tackles the study of the quality and authenticity of oils labeled and commercialized as extra virgin sacha inchi oil. Major and minor components as triglycerides, fatty acid methyl esters, tocopherols, sterols and hydrocarbons are determined as well as other physicochemical parameters (density, viscosity, acidity and peroxide value). The results showed that some of the commercialized oils do not fulfill the basic requirement established in the regulation such as the content of α-linolenic acid, higher than 44.7 or 55.0% in the cases of P. volubilis and P. huayllabambana, respectively. The calculated stigmasterol/campesterol ratio for genuine sacha inchi oils should be around 4, however not all commercial oils analyzed comply with this requirement. The presence of the flavons sesamin and sesamolin indicates the addition of compounds from sesame oils. Finally, some of the commercial oils showed to contain trans fatty acids although this was not accompanied by the sterene hydrocarbon presence. Copyright:
Volume
67
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Tecnologías de bioprocesamiento, Biocatálisis, Fermentación
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84999740001
Source
Grasas y Aceites
ISSN of the container
00173495
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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