Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Importance and its High Quality Seed Oil: A Review
2015
Pusadkar, P. P. | Kokiladevi, E. | Bonde, S. V. | Mohite, N. R.
Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.; Pedaliaceae) is a diploid (2n = 26) dicotyledonous and one of the oldest oil seed crop which grown widely in tropical and subtropical areas for its edible oil, proteins, vitamins, and amino acids. Sesame as a valuable cover crop grown for food (dry seeds), feed (seed, leaves and young branches) beside these the other parts of plant are also useful like flowers useful in treatment of cancer, alopecia, and constipation, roots are having antifungal activity and leaves are used in infant cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, and for urinary infections. Beside of large land covered for cultivation of sesame there is a wide demand-supply gap as its production is constrained by various biotic and abiotic stresses which leads to less productivity in terms of seed yield. So attempts to be made for spreading awareness about sesame its oil and other uses. Sesame oil has natural antioxidants such as sesamin, sesamolin, and sesamol known as the most stable vegetable oils having long shelf life. Sesame seed oil, is rich in Omega 6 fatty acids, but lacks Omega 3 fatty acids. So there is need to produce more Omega 3 fatty acids like alpha linolenic acids with the help of various desaturase enzyme pathways for improvement of quality of sesame oil as healthy oil.
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