title: Chamaerops humilis L. var. argentea André date palm seed oil: a potential dietetic plant product.
abstract: Chamaerops humilis L. var. argentea André (C. humilis) date palm seeds are an underutilized source of vegetable oil, and no studies describing their physicochemical characteristics to indicate the potential uses of this seed or seed oil have been reported. The oil content of the seeds is about 10%, mainly composed of oleic acid (38.71%), lauric acid (21.27%), linoleic acid (15.15%), palmitic acid (9.96%), and stearic acid (7.17%). The tocol (tocopherols and tocotrienols) content is 74 mg/100 g, with δ-tocotrienol as the major contributor (31.91%), followed by α-tocotrienol (29.37%), γ-tocopherol (20.16%), and γ-tocotrienol (11.86%). Furthermore, this oil shows high thermal stability. The differential scanning calorimetery curves revealed that the melting and crystallization points are 9.33 °C and -15.23 °C, respectively.
authors.affiliation: King Saud Univ., College of Science, Chemistry Dept., Riyadh 1145, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Imededdine Arbi
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Nehdi
authors.forename: Sadok
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mokbli
authors.forename: Hassen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sbihi
authors.forename: Chin Ping
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Saud Ibrahim
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Al-Resayes
mesh_terms: D004032:Diet; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000032:analysis*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007850:Lauric Acids / Q000032:analysis; D019787:Linoleic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D019301:Oleic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D019308:Palmitic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D065749:Phoeniceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry*; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013229:Stearic Acids / Q000032:analysis; D024505:Tocopherols / Q000032:analysis*; D024508:Tocotrienols / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D005227:Fatty Acids; D007850:Lauric Acids; D010938:Plant Oils; D013229:Stearic Acids; D024508:Tocotrienols; C030358:lauric acid; D019301:Oleic Acid; D019308:Palmitic Acid; C031183:stearic acid; D019787:Linoleic Acid; D024505:Tocopherols
keywords: Chamaerops humilis var. argentea; dietetic oil; fatty acids; seed oil; tocotrienols