International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2016, Volume : 4, Issue : 5
First page : (23) Last page : (28)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2394
Oilseeds Potential of Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides (Lam.) Zepernick and Timler
Lassina Ouattara1*, Paulin Ouoba2, Philippe-Pierre Robichaud3 and Marc E. Surette3
1Université Polytechnique de Bobo-Dioulasso, Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Sciences et Techniques (UFR-ST), Département de Génie-Biologie. 01 BP 1091 Bobo-Dioulasso 01. Burkina Faso
2Université Polytechnique de Bobo-Dioulasso, Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Sciences et Techniques (UFR-ST), Département de Sciences Biologiques. 01 BP 1091 Bobo-Dioulasso 01. Burkina Faso
3Université de Moncton, Département de Chimie et Biochimie, Moncton, NB, E1A 3E9 Canada
*Corresponding Author E-mail: lasouatt@yahoo.fr
Received: 20.10.2016 | Revised: 28.10.2016 | Accepted: 29.10.2016
Abstract
The aim of this prospective study was to assess firstly oil potential of Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides fruit and then the fatty acid profile. After extracting the oil from the seeds of this plant by the soxhlet method using petroleum ether as solvent, we proceeded to analyze the profile of fatty acids by gas chromatography with derivatization. A very interesting oil yield of 41.8 ± 4.0% was measured and highlighted a total of thirteen fatty acids with six saturated fatty acids and seven unsaturated fatty acids at varying proportions. This oil contained a high proportion of unsaturated fatty acids (72.4%) and the major unsaturated fatty acids are oleic acid (46.4 ± 12.7%)), linoleic acid (12.8 ± 3.5 %) and alpha-linolenic acid (11.7 ± 3.2%). This oil has a particular fatty acid profile due to the presence of three essential fatty acids namely linoleic acid (w6) and alpha-linolenic acid (w3) in large quantities and very small quantities of gamma linolenic acid (w6).
Key words: Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloïdes, oilseed, fatty acids.
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Cite this article: Ouattara, L., Ouoba, P., Robichaud, P.P. and Surette, M.E., Oilseeds Potential of Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides (Lam.) Zepernick and Timler, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.4(5): 23-28 (2016). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2394
