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Can fruit-form be a marker for argan oil production?

Natural product communications (2013-03-12)
Saïd Gharby, Hicham Harhar, Badr Eddine Kartah, Hanae El Monfalouti, Clément Denhez, Miloudi Hilali, Dom Guillaume, Zoubida Charrouf
ABSTRACT

Deforestation is an important matter for the argan forest whose preservation necessitates planting trees. Macroscopic parameters are urgently needed to identify trees presenting good potential as oil producers. This study demonstrates that argan oil produced from kernels of apiculate fruit is richer in d-tocopherol, whereas oil produced from spherical fruit is richer in linoleic acid, and that produced from fusiform fruit is richer in oleic acid. Therefore, the use of fruit-form as a marker could permit an easy organic production of "naturally enriched" oils.

MATERIALS
Product Number
Brand
Product Description

Supelco
Linoleic acid, analytical standard
Sigma-Aldrich
Linoleic acid, liquid, BioReagent, suitable for cell culture
Sigma-Aldrich
Linoleic acid, ≥99%
Sigma-Aldrich
Linoleic acid sodium salt, ≥97% (GC)
Sigma-Aldrich
Linoleic acid, technical, 58-74% (GC)