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- Title
Chemical Composition and Nutritional Characteristics of the Seed Oil of Wild Lathyrus, Lens and Pisum Species from Southern Spain.
- Authors
Pastor-Cavada, Elena; Juan, Rocio; Pastor, Julio E.; Alaiz, Manuel; Vioque, Javier
- Abstract
The fatty acid composition of the seed oil of 19 wild legume species from southern Spain was analyzed by gas chromatography. The main seed oil fatty acids ranged from C14:0 to C20:0. Among unsaturated fatty acids, the most abundant were linoleic, oleic and linolenic acids, except for Lathyrus angulatus, L. aphaca, L. clymenum, L. sphaericus and L. nigricans where C18:3 contents were higher than C18:1 contents. Palmitic acid was the most abundant saturated acid in studied species, ranging from 11.6% in Lathyrus sativus to 19.3% in Lens nigricans. All studied species showed higher amounts of total unsaturated fatty acids than saturated ones. Among studied species, the ω6/ω3 ratio was variable, ranging from 2.0% in L. nigricans to 13.8% in L. sativus, there being eight species in which the ω6/ω3 ratio was below 5. The fatty acids observed in these plants supports the use of these plants as a source of important dietary lipids.
- Subjects
SOUTHERN Spain; UNSATURATED fatty acids; LATHYRUS -- Composition; OILSEEDS; FATS &; oils analysis; LINOLENIC acids; PALMITIC acid; PISUM
- Publication
Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society (JAOCS), 2009, Vol 86, Issue 4, p329
- ISSN
0003-021X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11746-009-1352-0