Comparative study on the quality of oil extracted from two tucumã varieties using supercritical carbon dioxide
AUTOR(ES)
COSTA, Bárbara Elizabeth Teixeira, SANTOS, Orquídea Vasconcelos dos, CORRÊA, Nádia Cristina Fernandes, FRANÇA, Luiz Ferreira de
FONTE
Food Sci. Technol
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
31/05/2016
RESUMO
Abstract The vast Amazon region has considerable territorial peculiarities and plant species diversity, sometimes from the same botanical family, which can exhibit significant differences in physicochemical properties. From this diversity, two species stand out – Amazonas tucumã (Astrocaryum aculeatum Meyer) and Pará tucumã (Astrocaryum vulgare Mart.). The research focus is to analyze, comparatively, these oleaginous fruits, their similarities, particularities and potentials regarding the oil quality extracted from two tucumã varieties from the states of Amazonas and Pará, obtained using supercritical carbon dioxide, under different extraction parameters. The results demonstrate the biometric particularities of each species, highlighting the Amazon fruit, which also showed higher oil yield using supercritical CO2 extraction. The fatty acid quality and profile aspects of the oils show their unsaturated predominance, considering carotenoid content and how the extraction temperature can influence the nutritional quality of the oils. The statistical analyses indicated that the Amazon tucumã oil is superior to the Pará tucumã oil. However, in terms of added value both oils have potential applications in various industrial segments.
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