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Fatty Acid Composition and Some Physicochemical Properties of Oils from Allanblackia gabonensis and A. stanerana Kernels

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The physicochemical properties and chemical composition of oils extracted from two varieties of mature seeds of Allanblackia gabonensis and A. stanerana were assessed. The physicochemical properties of oils from Allanblackia gabonensis and A. stanerana were respectively 5.35 and 22.023 % for the water content; 68.15 and 69.87 % for the extraction yield on a dry basis; 0.35 and 0.30 mg KOH/g oil for the acid index; 35.57 and 29.75 g of I2/100 g oil for the iodine index; 1.3740 and 1.4150 for the refractive index. The fatty acid profile of those oils showed respectively four saturated fatty acids 60.61 and 70.94 %, two monounsaturated fatty acids 37.46 and 28.22 %, two polyunsaturated fatty acids 0.82 and 0.81 % for Allanblackia gabonensis and A. stanerana oils respectively. In both cases, fatty acids C18:0 and C18:1 were dominant. Most of the physicochemical properties showed significant variation (P < 0.05) from one oil to other, the difference being insignificant (P > 0.05) between the two chemical compositions. The analysis of these characteristics showed interesting application features for these oils.

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by the International Foundation for Science (Sweden), through the Research Grant N° F/4448-1 attributed to Dr. Guy Bertrand NOUMI.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Higher Teachers’ Training College, University of Maroua, Maroua, Cameroon

    Martin Pengou

  2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Ngaoundere, Ngaoundere, Cameroon

    Guy Bertrand Noumi

  3. Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde, Yaounde, Cameroon

    Martin Pengou & Emmanuel Ngameni

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Pengou, M., Noumi, G.B. & Ngameni, E. Fatty Acid Composition and Some Physicochemical Properties of Oils from Allanblackia gabonensis and A. stanerana Kernels. J Am Oil Chem Soc 90, 27–32 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11746-012-2130-y

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