Physical and chemical evaluation of oils of two varieties of Carthamus tinctorius grown in Pakistan
2010
Sultana, R. (Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Labs. Complex, Karachi (Pakistan). Applied Chemistry Research Center) | Saleem, R. (Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Labs. Complex, Karachi (Pakistan). Applied Chemistry Research Center) | Ambrat (Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Labs. Complex, Karachi (Pakistan). Applied Chemistry Research
On evaluation of oils of two spineless varieties of Carthamus tinctorius, Thori-78 and Pawari-95 growing in Sindh, Pakistan, the quality of the oil was found to be similar, only the oil content differed. The hexane-extracted oil content of Thori-78 and Pawari-95 was 28.33 plus minus 1.15 and 33.07 plus minus 1.12, respectively. The oils contained 90.97% and 89.55% unsaturated fatty acids and 8.44% and 9.69%, saturated fatty acids, respectively. Linoleic acid was 75.42 plus minus 0.59% and 76.40 plus minus 1.0% and oleic acid was 15.55 plus minus 0.30% and 13.15 plus minus 0.49% by weight, respectively, and were the predominant fatty acids present in the oil.
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