FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2009, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (10): 173-175.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-200910036

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Analysis of Chemical Compositions of Seed Melon (Citrullus lanatus ssp. vulgaris var. megakasperms Lin et Chao) Seed by GC-MS

GUO Hua,HOU Dong-yan*,HUI Rui-hua,DIAO Quan-ping   

  1. (Department of Chemistry, Anshan Normal University, Anshan 114007, China)
  • Received:2008-08-14 Revised:2008-11-14 Online:2009-05-15 Published:2010-12-29
  • Contact: HOU Dong-yan*, E-mail:dhy@mail.asnc.edu.cn

Abstract:

Fatty acids were extracted from seed melon seed by Soxhlet extraction and 10 fatty acids were isolated and identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Linoleic acid, hexadecanoic acid and octadecanoic acid were the major fatty acids, accounting for more than 89.01% of total fatty acids. Volatile oil obtained by simultaneous distillation extraction method from seed melon seed was analyzed by GC and GC-MS. A total of 30 compounds were identified and alkane (22.44%), alcohol (17.22%), organic acids (12.86%) and ketone 2.36%) were the major components representing more than 60.55% of the oil.

Key words: seed melon, fatty acid, volatile oil, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)

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