Can fruit-form be a marker for argan oil production?
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Date publication
janvier 2013
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr GUILLAUME Dominique
Tous les auteurs :
Gharby S, Harhar H, Kartah BE, El Monfalouti H, Denhez C, Hilali M, Guillaume D, Charrouf Z
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Résumé
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.
Référence
Nat Prod Commun. 2013 Jan;8(1):25-8.