Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Properties of Oils from the Seeds of Five Apricot (<i>Prunus armeniaca</i> L.) Cultivars

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Introduction Vegetable oils are an essential element of the diet contributing to preservation of health, but they also have a significant role in skin care. Among vegetable fats, an important group comprised fruit seed oils, which play an important role in health prophylaxis. Owing to their beneficial effects on the skin, they are used in cosmetology as well 1. Alongside other oils in this group, apricot kernel oil is valuable and worthy of interest 2. Apricot Prunus armeniaca L. , a plant of the family Rosaceae, well-known for its delicious fruit, is widely distributed in most countries of the world 2 4. The fruit of the apricot is distinguished by high dietary value and is a valuable raw material for the processing industry. The kernel is a good source of protein, essential amino acids, carbohy

Fatty acid composition, bioactive phytochemicals, antioxidant properties and oxidative stability of edible fruit seed oil: effect of preharvest and processing factors

“…(2015) , Harbeoui et al. (2017) and Stryjecka et al. (2019) reported similar findings from seed oil extracted from different grape, date and apricot cultivars, respectively ( Table 3 ).…”

“…(2019) Apricot ‘Early Orange’, ‘Goldrich Sungiant’, ‘Harcot’, ‘Hargrand’, ‘Somo’. Totat phenolic content signifcantly varied among the cultivars Stryjecka et al. (2019) Tocopherol Pomegranate ‘Suanshiliu’, ‘Jingpitian’, ‘Tianhongdan’, ‘Sabaitian’ Considerable variation in individual tocopherols such as δ-tocopherol, γ-tocopherol and α-tocopherol was reported among the cultivars Jing et al.…”

“…(2015) Apricot ‘Early Orange’, ‘Goldrich Sungiant’, ‘Harcot’, ‘Hargrand’, ‘Somo’. FRAP varied from 1.07 (‘Early Orange’) to 1.38 mM Fe 2+ /L (‘Somo’) Stryjecka et al. (2019) Fig ‘White Adriatic’, ‘Bourjassote Noir’,C7A14, C11A21 ‘White Adriatic’ and ‘Bourjassote Noir’ were reported the best in ABTS and DPPH radicals scavenging capacity Hssaini et al.…”

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“…Data obtained from research done in Turkey also showed that total antioxidant capacity, total carotenoid and total phenolic contents were highest in most of wild apricot fruits 53 . Different studies are also available which showed the antioxidant activity of seed and fruit of P. armeniac 8,22,36,49,52 .…”

“…Previous studies revealed that biochemical composition, nutritional characteristics, and biological activity of apricots depend on various factors cultivation area, climatic conditions, cultivation time, and ripening stage 8,17,[31][32] . There were also some recent studies on triacylglycerols profiles, fatty acid profile, biodiesels production and essential oil application P. armeniaca kernel [33][34][35][36][37] . To best of our knowledge, no report is available on the total phenols, alkaloids, tannins content, and antioxidant activity of wild P. armeniaca seed collected from the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India; therefore this study is taken into account MATERIALS AND METHODS: Chemicals: Folin-Ciocalteau reagent and Folin-Denis reagent, potassium nitrate, ethanol, carbon tetrachloride, potassium acetate, ferric chloride, sodium carbonate, potassium iodide, methanol, ascorbic acid, catechol, gallic acid, caffiene, methanol,2,2-Diphenyl-1-Picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH, potassium ferricyanide, trichloroacetic acid, curcumin, sodium nitroprusside.…”