title: Fatty acid composition and tocopherol profiles of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) seed oils.
abstract: The oil contents of safflower seeds ranged from 23.08% to 36.51%. The major fatty acid of safflower oil is linoleic acid, which accounted for 55.1-77.0% in oils, with a mean value of 70.66%. Three types of tocopherols were found in safflower oil in various amount α-tocopherol, β-tocopherol and γ-tocopherol, ranged from 46.05 to 70.93 mg/100 g, 0.85 to 2.16 mg/100 g and trace amount to 0.45 mg/100 g oils, respectively. This research shows that both fatty acid and tocopherol contents differ significantly among the safflowers.
authors.affiliation: a Max Rubner-Institut (MRI) Bundesforschungsinstitut für Ernährung und Lebensmittel Institut für Sicherheit und Qualität bei Getreide, Schützenberg 12 , D-32756 Detmold , Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Matthaus
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Özcan
authors.forename: F Y
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Al Juhaimi
mesh_terms: D031187:Carthamus tinctorius / Q000737:chemistry*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D019787:Linoleic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry*; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry*; D024505:Tocopherols / Q000737:chemistry*; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D010938:Plant Oils; D019787:Linoleic Acid; D024505:Tocopherols
keywords: fatty acid; oil; safflower; tocopherol