Physicochemical Properties and Fatty Acid Composition of Tamarindus Indica Seeds Oil

Author(s)	A.E. Adeleke, A.P. Onifade, A.A. Adegbite, A.A. Sangoremi, O.E. Isola
Country	Nigeria
Abstract	A research work was carried out on the physicochemical properties and fatty acid composition of Tamarindus indica seeds oil using standard Analytical methods and PYE Unican 304 Gas Chromatography. The physicochemical properties results for seed oil were: acid value (5.10), peroxide value (9.60), free fatty acid (2.05), iodine value (82.50), saponification value (279.20), refractive index (1.467) and specific gravity (0.8423).The results indicated that the oils of Tamarindus indica seed might be useful for domestic consumption due to low acid value, free fatty acid and peroxide value. The fatty acids compositions showed that seed oil contained higher unsaturated fatty acids (74.0%) and low saturated fatty acid (26.0%) with most abundant acid being linoleic acid methyl ester (44.967%), thus making it more nutritionally important.
Keywords	Tamarindus Indica Seeds Oil, Physicochemical Properties, Fatty Acid Composition
Field	Chemistry
Published In	Volume 4, Issue 5, September-October 2022
Published On	2022-10-21
Cite This	Physicochemical Properties and Fatty Acid Composition of Tamarindus Indica Seeds Oil - A.E. Adeleke, A.P. Onifade, A.A. Adegbite, A.A. Sangoremi, O.E. Isola - IJFMR Volume 4, Issue 5, September-October 2022. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2022.v04i05.870
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2022.v04i05.870
Short DOI	https://doi.org/grb577

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