Chemical composition of papaya (Carica papaya) seeds

Characterization of a high oleic oil extracted from papaya (Carica papaya L.) seeds

“…Myristic, palmitoleic, margaric, linolenic, arachidic, eicosenoic, and behenic acids were found in low quantities. The values obtained are in agreement with previous works (MARFO; OKE; AFOLABI, 1986;PUANGSRI;ABDULKARIM;GHAZALI, 2005).…”

“…1-5.7 and 18-20%, respectively (O'BRIEN, 2004). Table 1 compares the results obtained in this study to those obtained previously by Marfo, Oke and Afolabi (1986) and Puangsri, Abdulkarim and Ghazali (2005).…”

“…The refractive index (1.4581) was lower than the value reported by Marfo, Oke and Afolabi (1986). The papaya seed oil had a low iodine value (79.95 g I 2 .100 g -1 ) which confirmed it as non-drying oil.…”

Physico-chemical Characteristics of Papaya (Carica papaya L.) Seed Oil of the Hong Kong/Sekaki Variety

“…According to the data presented in Table 2, the IV and SV of the oil extracted from the Hong Kong/Sekaki variety was slightly higher than those of the values recorded for the oil sample from the Batek Batu variety. However, the values of these two parameters of the Hong Kong/Sekaki variety were seemingly closer to the values of other varieties reported by Malacrida et al 16 , Marfo et al 18 and…”

“…Interestingly, Lee et al 8 , Malacrida et al 16 and Singh 19 reported that papaya seed oil contained small amount of behenic acid which is not found in the present study. On the other hand, some of the minor fatty acids found in the present sample were not observed by Marfo et al 18 .…”