&lt;b&gt;tty profile and potential application of oil from the seeds of &lt;i&gt;Bombacopsis retusa&lt;/i&gt; (Mart. &amp; Zucc.) A. Robyns&lt;/b&gt; - doi: 10.4025/actascitechnol.v35i3.14461

Pereira, Neila de Paula; Blanco, Ian M. R.; Ramos, Ygor Jessé; Druzian, Janice Izabel; Conceição, Emily Karle dos Santos; Guédès, Michel

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“…Palmitic acid is the predominant FA in seeds of several zoochorous species, that is, C. brasiliense ( De Lima et al . 2007 ), C. coriaceum ( Dresen et al 1989 ), S. crassifolia ( Table 2 ), Dimorphandra mollis ( Mayworm and Salatino 1996 ), Pachira retusa ( Pereira et al 2013 ) and in Eriotheca gracilipes ( Mayworm and Salatino 1996 ) an anemochorous species.…”

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Anemochorous and zoochorous seeds of trees from the Brazilian savannas differ in fatty acid content and composition

Franco,

de Melo,

Ferreira

et al. 2023

AoB PLANTS

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Fatty acids (FAs) stored as triacylglycerols (TAGs) are an important source of carbon and energy for germination and seedling development, particularly for plants with small wind-dispersed seeds, allowing greater efficiency in storing both energy and carbon. These plants should be under strong selection to produce seeds rich in FAs and with large amounts of saturated FAs. Their closely packed single-chain configuration allows greater packing, more carbon and energy per unit mass, and are less costly to produce. Efficient carbon storage would be less crucial for zoochorous species, which can reach much larger seed sizes (mass). We analyzed the transesterified fatty acid profile from seeds of 22 anemochorous and zoochorous tree species from the Cerrado savannas of Central Brazil. We tested if seed FA content covaried with seed mass and if anemochorous and zoochorous seeds differed in FA contents and distribution. Fatty acids were an important seed source of carbon and energy for most species. Fifteen different FAs were identified. Oleic, linoleic and linolenic tended to be the predominant unsaturated FAs. Oleic acid corresponded to more than 60% of the total transesterified FAs in seeds of Kielmeyera coriacea, Qualea dichotoma and Triplaris americana. Linoleic acid corresponded to more than 50% of total FA in Dalbergia miscolobium, Parkia platycephala and Ferdinandusa elliptica while linolenic acid was the dominant component in Inga cylindrica. Across species, palmitic and stearic were the dominant saturated FAs. The only exception was lauric acid (68% of total FA) in seeds of Qualea grandiflora. On a log10 scale, as the seed increased in mass, accumulation of FAs tend to proceed at a faster rate in anemochorous species than in zoochorous species. They also became increasingly richer in saturated FAs. Zoochorous species had seed TAGs with higher proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids

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Anemochorous and zoochorous seeds of trees from the Brazilian savannas differ in fatty acid content and composition

Franco,

de Melo,

Ferreira

et al. 2023

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Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Monguba (Pachira aquatica) Seeds

Rodrigues

Pereira

Tomé

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Food Research International

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Mapping of Alternative Oilseeds from the Brazilian Caatinga and Assessment of Catalytic Pathways toward Biofuels Production

Aquino

Silva²,

Almeida³

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Biofuels are increasingly important renewable resources in the world’s energy matrix that have challenged the scientific community as well as small and large farmers to develop alternatives to fossil fuels in order to achieve the aims of energy transition. In particular, Brazil’s proven competitiveness in agribusiness together with its rich biodiversity put the country in a key position in the biofuels market. The semiarid Caatinga of northeastern Brazil, an exclusive biome rich in many oilseed species suitable for potential energy purposes, is of particular interest in this field. Nowadays, soybeans are the main feedstock used for the production of biodiesel, but, due to the increasing demand for biofuels, the search for alternative sources of oil from tropical flora with high productivity is crucial. Under this premise, this systematic review focuses on mapping Caatinga’s vegetable oil crops that could be used as alternative raw materials for biofuels’ production in Brazil, in addition to traditional soybeans and sugarcane. To gain more detailed insight into these matrices, their main properties, including oil content, fatty acid profile and physicochemical properties, are discussed. Moreover, an overview is provided of processes to synthesize different types of biofuels, particularly biodiesel and aviation biokerosene, including the routes employing homogeneous, enzymatic and mainly heterogeneous catalysts. Finally, future prospects and challenges for renewable biofuels and the Caatinga biome are addressed.

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<b>tty profile and potential application of oil from the seeds of <i>Bombacopsis retusa</i> (Mart. & Zucc.) A. Robyns</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascitechnol.v35i3.14461

Cited by 3 publications

References 12 publications

Anemochorous and zoochorous seeds of trees from the Brazilian savannas differ in fatty acid content and composition

Anemochorous and zoochorous seeds of trees from the Brazilian savannas differ in fatty acid content and composition

Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Monguba (Pachira aquatica) Seeds

Mapping of Alternative Oilseeds from the Brazilian Caatinga and Assessment of Catalytic Pathways toward Biofuels Production

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