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Nutritional evaluation of refined, heated and hydrogenatedHibiscus sabdariffa seed oil

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Alkali refinedHibiscus sabdariffa seed oil (Mesta Oil) of the familyMalvales was heated and hydrogenated to eliminate the cyclopropene fatty acids (CPFA). Such processed oils were fed to weanling rats at 10% level of the diet for 4, 8 and 12 weeks. The food intake and gain in weight were found to be less in the refined oil group than in the peanut oil control group. The digestibility was found normal with all the processed oils. Serum and liver lipid composition with respect to total lipids, cholesterol and phospholipids were comparable to those fed with peanut oil. The liver architecture did not show any abnormalities withH. sabdariffa oil feeding.

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    Present address: Department of Foods and Nutrition, College of Home Science, Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, 500 004, Hyderabad, India

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  1. Department of Foods and Nutrition, College of Home Science, Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, 500 004, Hyderabad, India

    K. Chittema Rao & P. Geervani

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Sarojini, G., Rao, K.C. & Geervani, P. Nutritional evaluation of refined, heated and hydrogenatedHibiscus sabdariffa seed oil. J Am Oil Chem Soc 62, 993–996 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02935699

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