Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Functional characteristics, nutritional value and industrial applications of Madhuca longifolia seeds: an overview

  • Review
  • Published:
Journal of Food Science and Technology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

New sustainable edible oil sources are desired to achieve supply chain flexibility and cost saving opportunities. Non-traditional fruit seeds are being considered because their constituents have unique chemical properties and may augment the supply of nutritional and functional products. Madhuca longifolia Syn. M. indica (Sapotaceae) is an important economic tree growing throughout the subtropical region of the Indo-Pak subcontinent. Information concerning the exact composition of mahua butter (known also as mowrah butter) from fruit-seeds of buttercup or Madhuca tree is scare. Few studies investigated mahua butter for its composition, nutritional value, biological activities and antioxidative properties. In consideration of potential utilization, detailed knowledge on the chemical composition, nutritional value and industrial applications of mahua butter is of major importance. The diversity of applications to which mahua butter can be put gives this substance great industrial importance. This review summarizes recent knowledge on bioactive compounds, functional properties as well as food and non-food industrial applications of mahua butter.

ᅟ

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Azam MM, Amtul W, Nahar NM (2005) Prospects and potential of fatty acid methyl esters of some non-traditional seed oils for use as biodiesel in India. Biomass Bioenergy 29:293–302

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Campos R, Narine SS, Marangoni AG (2002) Effect of cooling rate on the structure and mechanical properties of milk fat and lard. Food Res Int 35:971–981

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Carlos M, Moure A, Giraldo M, Carrillo E, Domı’nguez H, Parajo’ JC (2010) Fractional characterisation of jatropha, neem, moringa, trisperma, castor and candlenut seeds as potential feedstocks for biodiesel production in Cuba. Biomass Bioenergy 34:533–538

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • De Man JM (1990) Lipids. In: Principles of food chemistry, 2nd edn. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, pp. 36–88

    Google Scholar 

  • Ghadge SV, Raheman H (2005) Biodiesel production from mahua (Madhuca indica) oil having high free fatty acids. Biomass Bioenergy 28:601–605

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ghadge SV, Raheman H (2006) Process optimization for biodiesel production from mahua (Madhuca indica) oil using response surface methodology. Bioresour Technol 97:379–384

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Gupta A, Chaudhary R, Sharma S (2012) Potential applications of mahua (Madhuca indica) biomass. Waste Biomass Valoriz 3:175–189

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gupta A, Kumar A, Sharma S, Vijay VK (2013) Comparative evaluation of raw and detoxified mahua seed cake for biogas production. Appl Energy 102:1514–1521

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Inamdar AI, Chaudhary LC, Agarwal N, Kamra DN (2015) Effect of Madhuca longifolia and Terminalia chebula on methane production and nutrient utilization in buffaloes. Anim Feed Sci Technol 201:38–45

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Jeyarani T, Yella Reddy S (2010) Effect of enzymatic interesterification on physicochemical properties of mahua oil and kokum fat blend. Food Chem 123:249–253

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kallio H, Yang B, Peippo P, Tahvonen R, Pan R (2002) Triacylglycerols, glycerophospholipids, tocopherols and tocotrienols in berries and seeds of two subspecies (ssp. Sinensis and mongolica) of sea buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides). J Agric Food Chem 50:3004–3009

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kapilan N, Reddy RP (2008) Evaluation of methyl esters of mahua oil (mahua indica) as diesel fuel. J Am Oil Chem Soc 85:185–188

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Khatoon S, Reddy SRY (2005) Plastic fats with zero trans fatty acids by interesterification of mango, mahua and palm oils. Eur J Lipid Sci Technol 107:786–791

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Lawson H (1995) Sources of oils and fats. In: Lawson H (ed) Food oils and fats, technology, utilization and nutrition. Chapman & Hall, USA, pp. 39–48

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Lipp M, Ankalam E (1998) Review of cocoa butter and alternative fats for use in chocolate-part A. Compositional data. Food Chem 62:73–97

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Manjunath H, Omprakash Hebbal B, Hemachandra Reddy K (2015) Process optimization for biodiesel production from simarouba, mahua, and waste cooking oils. Int J Green Energy 12:424–430

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Marikkar JMN, Ghazali HM, Long K (2010) Composition and thermal characteristics of Madhuca longifolia seed fat and its solid and liquid fractions. J Oleo Sci 59:7–14

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Parrota JA (2001) Healing plants of peninsular India. CABI publishing, United Kingdom, pp. 655–657

    Google Scholar 

  • Pawar RS, Bhutani KK (2004) Madhucosides A and B, protobassic acid glycosides from Madhuca indica with inhibitory activity on free radical release from phagocytes. J Nat Prod 67:668–671

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Puhan S, Vedaraman N, BVB R, Sankarnarayanan G, Jeychandran (2005) Mahua oil (Madhuca indica seed oil) methyl ester as biodiesel-preparation and emission characteristics. Biomass Bioenergy 28:87–93

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ramadan MF, Moersel J-T (2006) Mowrah butter: nature’s novel fat. Inform 17:124–126

    Google Scholar 

  • Ramadan MF, Mörsel J-T (2002) Direct isocratic normal phase assay of fat-soluble vitamins and β-carotene in oilseeds. Eur Food Res Technol 214:521–527

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ramadan MF, Kroh LW, Moersel JT (2003) Radical scavenging activity of black cumin (Nigella sativa L.), coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) and niger (Guizotia abyssinica Cass.) crude seed oils and oil fractions. J Agric Food Chem 51:6961–6969

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ramadan MF, Sharanabasappa G, Parmjyothi S, Seshagri M, Moersel J-T (2006) Profile and levels of fatty acids and bioactive constituents in mahua butter from fruit seeds of butter cup tree (Madhca longifolia). Eur Food Res Technol 222:710–718

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Schwarz K, Bertelsen G, Nissen LR, Gardner PT, Heinonen MI, Hopia A, Huynh-Ba T, Lambelet P, McPhail D, Skibsted LH, Tijburg L (2000) Investigation of plant extracts for the protection of processed foods against lipid oxidation. Comparison of antioxidant assays based on radical scavenging, lipid oxidation and analysis of the principal antioxidant compounds. Eur Food Res Technol 21:319–328

    Google Scholar 

  • Shukla M (1995) Confectionery fats, in Developments in Oils and Fats. (Hamilton, R.J. edn.). Blackie Academic & Professional, Glasgow, pp 66–94

  • Siddiqui SB, Khan S, Kardar MN, Aslam H (2004) Chemical constituents from the fruits of madhuca latifolia. Helv Chim Acta 87:1194–1201

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Singh A, Singh IS (1991) Chemical evaluation of mahua (Madhuca indica) seed. Food Chem 40:221–228

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Sugawara T, Miyazawa T (1999) Separation and determination of glycolipids from edible plant by high-performance liquid chromatography and evaporative light-scattering detection. Lipids 34:1231–1237

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Van Gerpen JA (1996) Cetane number testing of biodiesel. In: Proceedings of the third liquid fuel conference. Nashville, TN, USA: ASAE; September 15–17

  • Wong S (1988) The chocolate fat from the Borneo illipe trees. Vivar Printing Sdn Bhd, Pahang

    Google Scholar 

  • Yadav S, Suneja P, Hussain Z, Abraham Z, Mishra SK (2011a) Prospects and potential of Madhuca longifolia (Koenig) J.F. Macbride for nutritional and industrial purpose. Biomass Bioenergy 35:1539–1544

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Yadav S, Suneja P, Hussain Z, Abraham Z, Mishra SK (2011b) Genetic variability and divergence studies in seed and oil parameters of mahua (Madhuca longifolia Koenig) J.F. Macribide accessions. Biomass Bioenergy 35:1773–1778

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Yang B, Karlsson RM, Oksman PH, Kallio HP (2001) Phytosterols in sea buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides L.) berries: identification and effects of different origins and harvesting times. J Agric Food Chem 49:5620–5629

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Yoshikawa K, Tanaka M, Arihara S, Chandra BP, Roy SK, Matsumura E, Katayama S (2000) New oleanene trirerpenoid saponins from Madhuca longifolia. J Nat Prod 63:1679–1681

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Yosioka I, Inada A, Kitagawa I (1974) Soil bacterial hydrolysis leading to genuine aglycone-VIII structures of a genuine sapogenol protobassic acid and a prosapogenol of seed kernels of Madhuca longifolia L. Tetrahedron 30:707–714

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Agricultural Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt

    Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan

  2. Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt

    Adel Abdelrazek Abdelazim Mohdaly

  3. Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Adel M. A. Assiri

  4. Internationales Laboratorium fuer Biotechnologie und Consulting (ILBC GmbH), 14473, Potsdam, Germany

    Monier Tadros

  5. Process Engineering, Especially Separation Technologies, Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg, 22043, Hamburg, Germany

    Bernd Niemeyer

Authors
  1. Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Adel Abdelrazek Abdelazim Mohdaly
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Adel M. A. Assiri
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Monier Tadros
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Bernd Niemeyer
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan.

Additional information

Research Highlights

- Madhuca longifolia seeds could be considered as novel commercial source of vegetable fats.

- Mahua fat is characterized by various nutritional and functional properties.

- Mahua butter is also a potential alternative source of biodiesel.

- Recent knowledge on M. longifolia fat as well as its food and non-food applications is reviewed.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Ramadan, M.F., Mohdaly, A.A.A., Assiri, A.M.A. et al. Functional characteristics, nutritional value and industrial applications of Madhuca longifolia seeds: an overview. J Food Sci Technol 53, 2149–2157 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-015-2095-6

Download citation

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-015-2095-6

Keywords

Search

Navigation