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- Title
Analysis of Fatty Acid and Lignan Composition of Indian Germplasm of Sesame to Evaluate Their Nutritional Merits.
- Authors
Bhunia, Rupam Kumar; Chakraborty, Anirban; Kaur, Ranjeet; Gayatri, T.; Bhat, K. V.; Basu, Asitava; Maiti, Mrinal K.; Sen, Soumitra Kumar
- Abstract
An attempt was made to individually analyze a germplasm collection of 54 indigenous Indian sesame cultivars for fatty acid and lignan composition of their seed oil by gas chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography, respectively. The entries varied in their fatty acid and lignan composition. The mean percentage contents of palmitic, stearic, oleic, linoleic and α-linolenic acids ranged between 10-22, 5-10, 38-50, 18-43 and less than 1 whereas sesamol, sesamin and sesamolin scored between 3-37, 27-67, 20-59 of the total percentage of lignan, respectively. The highest percentage of α-linolenic acid (ALA) was obtained in Var- 9 (1.3 % of the total fatty acids). Among the lignans, high sesamin content is considered to be significant, particularly in terms of long shelf life and nutraceutical value of sesame seed oil. The study has broadened our understanding related to differential biochemical composition of the rich sesame germplasms, thereby providing us with a useful groundwork for identifying potential targets and suitable cultivars for genetic engineering approaches to be undertaken in order to improve the nutritional quality of sesame oil, which in turn would be beneficial towards human health.
- Subjects
FATTY acids; HIGH performance liquid chromatography; LIGNANS; GAS chromatography; LINOLENIC acids; SESAME oil
- Publication
Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society (JAOCS), 2015, Vol 92, Issue 1, p65
- ISSN
0003-021X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11746-014-2566-3