title: Can fruit-form be a marker for argan oil production?
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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie des Plantes et de Synthèse Organique et Bioorganique, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed V-Agdal, BP 1014- Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Saïd
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gharby
authors.forename: Hicham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Harhar
authors.forename: Badr Eddine
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Kartah
authors.forename: Hanae
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: El Monfalouti
authors.forename: Clément
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Denhez
authors.forename: Miloudi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hilali
authors.forename: Dom
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guillaume
authors.forename: Zoubida
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Charrouf
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers; D005638:Fruit / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000737:chemistry*; D019787:Linoleic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D029632:Sapotaceae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000737:chemistry*; D024505:Tocopherols / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D010938:Plant Oils; C555574:argan oil; D019787:Linoleic Acid; D024505:Tocopherols