Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society · 1979 · 16 citations · 0 references
Food ChemistryNutritionFatty Acid ProfileEngineeringBotanyAgricultural EconomicsFeronia Elephantum CorreaFruit SciencePost-harvest PhysiologyFood QualityRipeningIodine Value 131Seed ProcessingHorticultural CommodityHorticultural ScienceCrop QualityHealth Sciences
Abstract Indian wood apple seed ( Feronia elephantum Correa) constituting 6% (dry weight basis) of the fruit, contains 34% oil and 28% protein. The kernel comprises 62% of the seed. The oil is yellow with an iodine value 131, saponification value 192, unsaponifiable matter 1%. Fatty acid profile of oil by GLC is: palmitic 19.3, stearic 7.3, oleic 27.2, linoleic 19.8 and linolenic 26.4%.