Fatty Acid Composition and Oil Yield in Fruits of Five Arecaceae Species Grown in Cuba

Abstract

The present study targeted the whole-fruit oil yield and fatty acid composition from five of the most abundant Arecaceae species grown in Cuba. The oil yields (% dry weight), determined by the Soxhlet extraction technique with hexane, were 25.5, 5.3, 6.9, 5.4, and 6.4% for Roystonea regia, Colpothrinax wrightii, Sabal maritima, Sabal palmetto and Thrinax radiata, respectively. The free fatty acid (FFA) content varied from 2.7 to 6.8%. Fatty acid (FA) profiles of the oils indicated that lauric acid (13.7-44.4%), myristic acid (9.4-22.4%) and palmitic acid (9.2-17.1%) as major saturated FA; whereas oleic acid (9.6-42.7%) and linoleic acid (9.3-17.0%) as major unsaturated FA. R. regia fruit seemed the most promising among Arecaceae grown in Cuba because of its high oil yield and low oil FFA content.

Acrocomia crispa fruits lipid extract prevents LPS-induced acute lung injury in mice

“…This result is similar to that obtained in a previous study (Sierra et al, 2015). Composition of D-005 differs from those obtained for the oily extracts of the hole fruits of S. repens (C18:1 = 43.29%, C12:0 = 26.60%, C14:0 = 11.49%) (Rodríguez et al, 2012) and R. regia (C18:1 = 48.50%, C12:0 = 23.30%, C14:0 = 11.00%) (Rodríguez et al, 2007), which present higher proportions of oleic acid and lower proportions of lauric acid, although the saturated fatty acids predominate in the three extracts. In addition, it is important to highlight that total free fatty acids content in D-005 (> 90 %) is higher than those present in the oily extract of other Arecaceae as Serenoa repens (40.7-80.7 %) (Habib, 2009).…”

“…Arecaceae family is broadly distributed in Cuba and interestingly around 90% of palms species are endemic (Muñiz & Borhide, 1982). R. regia and A. crispa fruit extracts have a similar fatty acid composition (Rodríguez et al, 2007) and both species have been described as antiinflammatory (Ravelo et al 2011, González et al, 2013. The compounds mainly differ between species and are found in a variable percentage in oil extracts (Sierra et al, 2014).…”

“…and Serenoa repens L. are widely used for these purposes (Rodríguez et al 2007;González. and Bravo, 2017;Ghorbanpour et al, 2017).…”

Pretreatment incubation for culture and cryopreservation of Sabal embryos

“…An alternative explanation involves lipid crystallization and imbibitional damage. Seeds of Sabal species, such as S. maritima and S. palmetto, contain a high quantity of medium-chain fatty acids, including lauric acid (C 12 ) and myristic acid (C 14 ) (Rodríguez-Leyes et al 2007). These medium-chain fatty acids have a high melting temperature and seeds containing a high concentration of such fatty acids are sensitive to low temperatures (Crane et al 2003Volk et al 2006).…”

The Effects of Plant Growth Regulators On The Oil Content And Fatty Acid Composition of Ricinus Communis L.: An In Vitro Study

“…Although in the literature there are many studies on the determination of oil content and fatty acid composition of various plants grown in eld conditions [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]. However studies on the determination of fatty acid and oil content of explants obtained by plant cell culture applications are very rare [40][41][42][43][44].…”