TY  - JOUR
T1  - Chemical and Nutritional Studies on the Seed Oil of Aristolochia bracteata
AU - , Hassan Abdalla Almahy AU - , Mohamed Abd-Alghaffar Osman AU - , Abu-Elgasim Abbaker Abd-Elrasoul 
JO  - Journal of Food Technology
VL  - 2
IS  - 3
SP  - 158
EP  - 160
PY  - 2004
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1684-8462
DO  - jftech.2004.158.160
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jftech.2004.158.160
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AB  - The seed of Aristolochia bracteata contain 5.2 % oil. Physicochemical constants and fatty acid composition of the refined seed oil were determined. The seed oil was rich in linoleic acid (39.2 %) and oleic acid (32.8 %). Trace quantities of epoxy and hydroxy fatty acids were present in the seed oil. Nutritional evaluation of the refined seed oil was done by rat bioassay with peanut oil as control. The animals fed 10 % seed oil showed poor growth performance and low feed efficiency ratio. The digestibility of the seed oil was 90 % compared to 94 % for peanut oil. The seed oil in the diet of rats for 4 weeks did not produce any abnormal serum lipids or histopathological findings.
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