FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2008, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (3): 438-440.

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Study on Extraction of Grapefruit Seed Oil and Analysis of Fatty Acids by GC

 WAN  Yi-Qun, XIAO  Li-Feng   

  1. 1.Key Laboratory of Food Science, Ministry of Education, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China; 2.Center of Analysis and Testing, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China
  • Online:2008-03-15 Published:2011-08-24

Abstract: Seed oil of grapefruit was studied by Soxhlet extraction and SFE-CO2 extraction respectively. The effects of different conditions on the seed oil of grapefruit extraction were explored. And the fatty acids in the extracting oil were analysed using GC. The results showed that the oil contained abundant fatty acids, the main fatty acids were linolenic acid, linoleic acid, oleic acid and palmitic acid. Its relative content was more than 90%, and the composition of fatty acids in grapefruit seed oil was not influenced by different extraction method.

Key words: Soxhlet extraction, SFE-CO2 extraction, GC, fatty acid, grapefruit seed