Ethnoeconomical, ethnomedical, and phytochemical study of Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels

Charrouf, Zoubida; Guillaume, Dominique

doi:10.1016/s0378-8741(98)00228-1

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“…Only the cosmetics industry uses argan oil prepared according to this method. The term "enriched argan oil" describes an argan oil obtained by flash distillation of argan oil prepared by one of the above-mentioned methods [8]. The level of unsaponifiable matter (see Section 4) in this type of oil is three times lower than that observed in the press-extracted oil.…”

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“…The two main fatty acids found in argan oil acylglycerols are oleic acid (O) (46-48%) and linoleic acid (L) (31-35%) ( Table 2), a mono-and a diunsaturated fatty acid, respectively. The third and fourth main fatty acids found in argan oil are palmitic acid (P) (11-14%) and stearic acid (S) (4-7%) [8,10]. These two latter acids are saturated fatty acids.…”

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“…Argan oil contains between 142 and 220 mg of phytosterols per 100 g of oil [9]. The two major sterols found in argan oil are schottenol and spinasterol [8]. Interestingly, argan oil contains only traces of campesterol [12] (Table 4), a phytosterol commonly found in most of the other vegetable oils.…”

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Argan oil: Occurrence, composition and impact on human health

Charrouf¹,

Guillaume²

2008

Eur. J. Lipid Sci. Technol.

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Edible argan oil is traditionally prepared by Berber women who manually crunch the roasted kernels of Argania spinosa fruits. Unroasted kernels furnish a cosmetic-grade oil. Argan groves are currently shrinking due to unfavorable conditions. To stop this trend, a program aimed at increasing the argan tree economical value is in progress in Morocco. Its concept is that the natives will preserve argan trees only if the major part of the wealth resulting from the argan grove production directly benefits them. Because of its high dietary value, argan oil has appeared as the best derivative to rapidly satisfy such assumption. Consequently, year after year, cooperatives have been implanted to produce argan oil of high quality on a large scale. The delicate hazelnut taste of argan oil, combined with its high level in unsaturated fatty acids, has allowed its swift commercial success and, nowadays, argan oil of standardized quality is marketed worldwide. Moroccan farmers are now beginning to plant argan trees, confirming the full success of this ambitious program. This review summarizes the methods used to prepare argan oil, its composition, the strategies available to certify argan oil quality, and finally the impact of argan oil on human health.

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Argan oil: Occurrence, composition and impact on human health

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Guillaume²

2008

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“…Of course the chemical ingredients are responsible for their antimicrobial activity. Argan oil is obtained from Argania spinosa seeds belonging to the Sapotaceae family [11] . It contains mainly oleic (47.7%) and linoleic acid (29.3%) which are essential unsaturated fatty acids [12] .…”

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Balık Patojenlerine Karşı Limon (Citrus limon) ve Argan (Argania spinosa) Yağının Antibakteriyel Aktivitesi

Öntaş¹,

Baba²,

Kaplaner³

et al. 2016

Kafkas Univ Vet Fak Derg

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The main objective of the study was the identification of antibacterial activity of lemon (Citrus limon L.) peel essential oil and argan (Argania spinosa L.) oil against fish pathogenic bacteria. Antibacterial activity was determined against six different fish pathogens (Yersinia ruckeri, Aeromonas hydrophila, Listonella anguillarum, Edwarsiella tarda, Citrobacter freundii and Lactococcus garvieae). Essential oil derived from lemon peel and argan oil were applied against the bacteria using the disc diffusion and micro dilution method under in vitro conditions. The disc diffusion results indicated that essential oil of naturally C. limon peel and argan oil significantly inhibited the growth of Y. ruckeri, A. hydrophila, L. anguillarum and C. freundii. Our results suggested that the use of lemon peel essential oil and argan oil induced a stronger antibacterial effect.

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“…Once the pulp is dry, peeling argan fruit is easy (Charrouf et al, 2002). It affords argan nuts that contain two or three almonds used to prepare argan oil, an edible and cosmetic oil Zaanoun et al, 2014) known to be particularly rich in unsaturated fatty acids and tocopherols (Charrouf and Guillaume, 1999;Harhar et al, 2011;Gharby et al, 2013). In the argan forest, peel-cover ripe argan fruit is collected between July and September (Harhar et al, 2014).…”

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