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DOI	10.3390/horticulturae8030259
	The Bioactive Compounds and Fatty Acid Profile of Bitter Apple Seed Oil Obtained in Hot, Arid Environments
	Berwal, Mukesh Kumar; Ram, Chet; Gurjar, Pawan Singh; Gora, Jagan Singh; Kumar, Ramesh; Verma, Ajay Kumar; Singh, Dhurendra; Basile, Boris; Rouphael, Youssef; Kumar, Pradeep
通讯作者	Berwal, MK
来源期刊	HORTICULTURAE
EISSN	2311-7524
出版年	2022
卷号	8 期号:3
英文摘要	Bitter apple or tumba (Citrullus colocynthis L.) is a prostrate annual herb belonging to the Cucurbitaceae family. It is highly tolerant against multiple abiotic stresses like drought, heat, and soil salinity and can easily grow on very marginal soil, even on sand dunes in hot, arid regions. Tumba fruit is a fleshy berry 5-10 cm in diameter and of a pale yellow color at ripening. The tumba fruit used in this research was harvested from the ICAR-CIAH, Bikaner research farm. The seeds were separated, and their oil was extracted to analyze its physical characteristics and composition (phytochemical compounds, fatty acid profile, etc.). The seeds of the tumba fruit contained 23-25% golden-yellow-colored oil with a specific gravity of 0.92 g/mL. The extracted oil contained appreciable amounts of phytochemical (bioactive) compounds like phenolics (5.39 mg GAE/100 g), flavonoids (938 mg catechin eq./100 g), carotenoids (79.5 mg/kg), oryzanol (0.066%), and lignans (0.012%), along with 70-122 mg AAE/100 g total antioxidant activity (depending on the determination method). The results of fatty acid profiling carried out by GC-MS/MS demonstrated that tumba seed oil contained about 70% unsaturated fatty acids with more than 51% polyunsaturated fatty acids. It mainly contained linoleic acid (C18:2n6; 50.3%), followed by oleic acid (C18:1n9; 18.0%), stearic acid (C18:0; 15.2%), and palmitic acid (C16:0; 12.4%). Therefore, this oil can be considered as a very good source of essential fatty acids like omega-6 fatty acid (linoleic acid), whereas it contains a lower concentration of omega-3 fatty acids (alpha-linolenic acid) and hydroxy polyunsaturated fatty acids. In addition, it also contains some odd chain fatty acids like pentadecanoic and heptadecanoic acid (C15:0 and C17:0, respectively), which have recently been demonstrated to be bioactive compounds in reducing the risk of cardiometabolic diseases. The results of this study suggest that tumba seed oil contains several health-promoting bioactive compounds with nutraceutical properties; hence, it can be an excellent dietary source.
英文关键词	tumba physico-chemicals fatty acid profile medicinal uses
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000775512700001
WOS关键词	COLOCYNTHIS L. SCHRAD ; CITRULLUS-COLOCYNTHIS ; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY ; CHEMICAL-COMPOSITION ; MEDICINAL-PLANTS ; DIETARY-INTAKE ; FRUIT ; EXTRACTS
WOS类目	Horticulture
WOS研究方向	Agriculture
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/393017
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Berwal, Mukesh Kumar,Ram, Chet,Gurjar, Pawan Singh,et al. The Bioactive Compounds and Fatty Acid Profile of Bitter Apple Seed Oil Obtained in Hot, Arid Environments[J],2022,8(3).
APA	Berwal, Mukesh Kumar.,Ram, Chet.,Gurjar, Pawan Singh.,Gora, Jagan Singh.,Kumar, Ramesh.,...&Kumar, Pradeep.(2022).The Bioactive Compounds and Fatty Acid Profile of Bitter Apple Seed Oil Obtained in Hot, Arid Environments.HORTICULTURAE,8(3).
MLA	Berwal, Mukesh Kumar,et al."The Bioactive Compounds and Fatty Acid Profile of Bitter Apple Seed Oil Obtained in Hot, Arid Environments".HORTICULTURAE 8.3(2022).