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

Nat Prod Commun. 2013 Jan;8(1):25-8.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers
  • Fruit / anatomy & histology
  • Fruit / chemistry*
  • Linoleic Acid / analysis
  • Plant Oils / analysis
  • Plant Oils / chemistry*
  • Sapotaceae / anatomy & histology
  • Sapotaceae / chemistry*
  • Tocopherols / analysis

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Plant Oils
  • argan oil
  • Linoleic Acid
  • Tocopherols