FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2008, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (11): 344-347.

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Supercritical CO2 Fluid Extraction of Trachycarpus fortunei Seed Oil and GC-MS Analysis

LIU  Shi-Biao, CHEN  Pei-Pei, YI  Chun-Hua, LIU  Zhu-Xiang, CAI  Shi-Jian, CHEN  Gong-Xi   

  1. 1.Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Utilization of Hunan Province,Jishou University,Jishou 416000,China;2.College of Life Sciences,Hunan Normal University,Changsha 410081,China
  • Online:2008-11-15 Published:2011-12-08

Abstract: The seed oil of palm(Trachycarpus fortunei) harvested from two sampling places of West Hunan province was extracted by supercritical CO2 fluit extraction technology,and its components was analyzed by GC-MS.The results showed that the optimal process conditions are as follows:extraction pressure 30 MPa,temperature 45 ℃,and time 2 h.The oil yield is 14.6% under the above conditions.According to GC-MS results,there are eight and seven kinds of fatty acid in Trachycarpus fortunei seed oil from the two sampling places,respectively.The common components of the two seed oils are 10,13-octadecadienoic acid(36.58%),(z)-9-octadecenoic acid(29.93%),hexadecanoic acid(13.22%),dodecanoic acid(8.74%),methyl tetradecanoate(6.62%),octade-canoic acid(2.63%) and(z)-9-hexadecenoic acid(1.28%).Trachycarpus fortunei seed oil contains abundant unsaturated fatty acids,which can be used as edible oil and industrial oil after refinement.

Key words: Trachycarpus fortunei, seed oil, supercritical CO2 fluid extraction, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry(GC-MS)