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Oil and Conjugated Linolenic Acid Contents of Seeds from Important Pomegranate Cultivars (Punica granatum L.) Grown in Turkey

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An Erratum to this article was published on 11 August 2009

Abstract

In the present study, seed oil content and fatty acid composition of 15 commercially important pomegranate cultivars were determined. The oil content of pomegranate seeds ranged between 13.95 and 24.13% (d.b). Palmitic, stearic, arachidic, and behenic acid contents of the oils ranged between 2.10–2.77, 1.35–2.01, 0.33–0.48, and 0.16–0.22%, respectively. The predominant unsaturated fatty acid was punicic acid (70.42–76.17%) and a minor unsaturated fatty acid was gadoleic acid (0.42–0.75%). The analysis on unsaturated fatty acids particularly showed significant amounts of punicic acid, which is considered to enhance the oil quality and is of importance to health.

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We are grateful to the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), Project No 106 O 265, for financial support.

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  1. Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

    Mustafa Kýralan

  2. West Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute, PK 35, 07100, Antalya, Turkey

    Muharrem Gölükcü & Haluk Tokgöz

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An erratum to this article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11746-009-1450-z

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Kýralan, M., Gölükcü, M. & Tokgöz, H. Oil and Conjugated Linolenic Acid Contents of Seeds from Important Pomegranate Cultivars (Punica granatum L.) Grown in Turkey. J Am Oil Chem Soc 86, 985–990 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11746-009-1436-x

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