Lipid content and fatty acid composition of fenugreek (Trigonellafoenum‐graecum L.) seeds grown in Sudan

Content of biogenic elements and fatty acid composition of fenugreek seeds cultivated under different conditions

“…Delaying sowing date led to a decrease in the oil and SFA content and a minor increase in the MUFA content of fenugreek seeds. The results reported by Ciftci et al (2011), Ali et al (2012, Suliema et al (2008) and Al-Jasass and Al-Jasser (2012) univocally confirmed that fenugreek seed oil is a rich source of polyunsaturated fatty acids, including essential fatty acids. In a study by Ali et al (2012), α-linolenic acid was the major PUFA (42.5%), oleic acid was the main MUFA (20%), and palmitic acid was the main SFA (10.5%).…”

“…In the work of Al-Jasass and Al-Jasser (2012), the total content of unsaturated fatty acids was determined at 92.99%. Fenugreek seeds analyzed by Suliema et al (2008) contained 82.3% unsaturated fatty acids, and were most abundant in linoleic acid (43.2%), followed by α-linolenic acid (22%) and oleic acid (16.7%). Total saturated fatty acids accounted for 17.7% of total fatty acids, and palmitic acid was the dominant SFA (11.0%).…”

Fenugreek Induced Apoptosis in Breast Cancer MCF-7 Cells Mediated Independently by Fas Receptor Change

“…Several coumarin compounds have been identified in Fenugreek seeds as well as a number of alkaloids (e.g., trigonelline, gentianine, carpaine), also contains 5.5-7.5% lipids constituting mainly of neutral lipids (85%) followed by phospholipids (10%) and glycolipids (5%). Unsaturated acids comprising mainly of linoleic (40%), linolenic (25%) and oleic (14%) acids dominate the fatty acid profile (Sulieman et al, 2000;Yang et al, 2012). DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.10.5783 Fas Receptor Mediated Fenugreek Induced Apoptosis in Breast Cancer MCF-7 N-acylethanolamines and their precursors, N-acyl phosphatidylethanolamines have been identified as phospholipid constituents in desiccated seeds of diverse plant species.…”

Genetic variation in fatty acid composition of fenugreek(Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) seed oil

“…These results are in agreement with Ciftci et al,(2011),except the amount of -linolenic acid, which was more in our study. Similarly Sulieman et al, (2008) analyzed the composition of fatty acids in Sudan fenugreek and El-Sebaiy and El-Mahdy (1983) analyzed fatty acid composition in Egyptian fenugreek also found less content of linolenic acid as compared to present study. However, content of erucic acid (9.7%) was higher, but results of present study a lower ER value, thus a lower conversion of oleic acid (18:1) to eurcic acid (22:1) ( Table-4).…”