Physicochemical characteristics of the cold-pressed Japanese quince seed oil: New promising unconventional bio-oil from by-products for the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry

Composition of tocochromanols in the kernels recovered from plum pits: the impact of the varieties and species on the potential utility value for industrial application

“…Finding of potential utilization and/or application of fruit pits is a huge challenge for the industry sector. The fruit seeds and kernels are a rich source of oil [4][5][6][7][8] and components with high biological activity, for instance, tocopherol and tocotrienol homologues (tocochromanols) [9][10][11]. Nevertheless, the plum kernels contain also the amygdalin (cyanogenic glycoside), which is potentially toxic in the presence of enzymes (β-glucosidases and α-hydroxynitrile lyases), resulting in the releasing of hydrogen cyanide [12].…”

Lipophilic composition of eleven apple seed oils: A promising source of unconventional oil from industry by-products

“…Therefore, in many cases proper utilization of by-products makes it possible not only to obtain natural bio-components, but also tangible financial benefits. A good example of the management of by-products generated by fruit industry is the use of seeds in oil production (Górnaś et al, 2013).…”

“…In recent years an increasing amount of publications have been released regarding various unconventional sources of seed oil and its phytochemical composition (Fromm et al, 2012;Górnaś et al, 2013;Nogala-Kalucka et al, 2010). Because of the fact that unconventional seed oils contain valuable natural compounds such as unsaturated fatty acids, squalene, phytosterols, carotenoids and tocopherols, they could be utilized in pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries (Górnaś et al, 2013;Nogala-Kalucka et al, 2010).…”

Fruit-Growing in Latvia – Industry and Science

“…The most important lines of research were: a) new local fruit crop cultivars were bred and local and introduced cultivars were recommended for commercial orchards, including scab-resistant apple cultivars , winterhardy cherry cultivars (Ruisa and Krasnova, 2013), high-quality and winte hardy pear cultivars , high-quality plum cultivars (Kaufmane et al,2010) and black currant and raspberry cultivars (Strautina et al, 2012a;2012b); b) monitoring of harmful and favourable organisms in plantations along with studies of their development and prognosis, improvement of control methods, together with Latvian Plant Protection Research Centre (Gospodaryk et al, 2013;Konavko et al,2014;Moroèko-Bièevska and Maldute, 2014;Rupais et al, 2014;Lâcis et al, 2015); c) recommendations developed on apple rootstocks suitable for Latvian conditions (Skrivele et al, 2011), their compatibility with cultivars (Rubauskis et al, 2012), growing technologies for promising new Latvian and introduced cultivars -planting distances, tree training specifics, winterhardiness in different growing conditions (Laugale et al, 2012;, and testing of these cultivars, including studies on their growing technologies, initiated in different regions of Latvia (Ikase, 2015); d) investigations about the possibilities of using risk reducing technologies for sweet cherries, raspberries and strawberries in Latvian conditions Strautina et al, 2013;Kalnina et al, 2014.;Laugale et al, 2014); e) research on unconventional plant material as a source of bio-components for food and pharmaceutical industries (Górnaú et al, 2013;Ðnç et al, 2013); g) research on apple storage under various environmental conditions suitable for commercial production, starting studies also with CA and 1-MCP storage (Juhnevica et al, 2013a;2013b;Juhnevica-Radenkova et al, 2014); and h) development of innovative technologies and products for small and medium food processing enterprises, and development of five products within a year for market diversification in collaboration with entrepreneurs.…”