title: The oil of Adenanthera pavonina L. seeds and its emulsions.
abstract: The oil of Adenanthera pavonina L. seeds was analysed by chromatographic and instrumental means. The oil was found to be rich in neutral lipids (86.2%), and low in polar lipids (13.8%). The neutral lipids consisted mainly of triacylglycerols (64.2%). Unsaturated fatty acids were found as high as 71%, while the percentage of saturated fatty acids was only 29%. GC and GC/MS analyses revealed linoleic, oleic and lignocerotic acid to be predominant among all fatty acids in the A. pavonina oil, whereas stigmasterol was the major steroid identified within this study. Subsequently, the oil was used for preparation of submicron oil-in-water (o/w) lipid emulsions. Lipid emulsions were formulated by using soybean lecithin (SL) to investigate their particle size, Zeta potential and stability at the different oil and SL ratios. The results obtained indicate possible applications of the tested oil in pharmaceutical and medical fields as drug and cosmetic active ingredient carriers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Agricultural University, Wroclaw, Poland. robert@plantpath.wisc.edu
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zarnowski
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jaromin
authors.forename: Milan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Certik
authors.forename: Tibor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Czabany
authors.forename: Joël
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fontaine
authors.forename: Tibor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jakubik
authors.forename: Mohamed C M
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Iqbal
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grandmougin-Ferjani
authors.forename: Arkadiusz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kozubek
authors.forename: Stanislaw J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Pietr
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D003710:Demography; D004655:Emulsions; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000032:analysis; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008296:Malaysia; D031298:Mimosa / Q000737:chemistry*; D010139:Pacific Islands; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013261:Sterols / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D014900:West Indies
chemical_list: D004655:Emulsions; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D008055:Lipids; D010938:Plant Oils; D013261:Sterols