FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2005, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (9): 437-439.

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The Oil Extraction of Six Kinds of Plant Seeds and the Evaluation of Their Oil Quality

 LU  Yu, LI  Wei-Jie, ZHANG  Zhen-Hui   

  1. 1.Sino-German Reseach Institute, Nanchang University; 2.Comprehensive Reseach Center, Shantou University
  • Online:2005-09-15 Published:2011-09-20

Abstract: The oils of teak seeds, citrus seeds, camphore tree seeds, Hami melon seeds, tomato seeds and tea tree seeds were extracted by supercritical CO2 fluid . The components of fatty acids were analysied by GS. The results of extraction show these seeds had higher oil contents which were about 35% and the analysis show higher linolic acid content which of Hami melon seeds was as high as 64.19%. Their exploitable prospect were discussed according to the testing result.

Key words: supercritical extraction, fatty acids, GS