Determination of Physico-Chemical Properties of Z-spinachristi (Nabag ) Seed Crude Oil

  • Awadia Saeed Khair Elseed College of Agricultural Studies
  • Mahdi Abbas S. Shakak College of Agricultural Studies
Keywords: Nabag, Sidr

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the physical and chemical properties of Nabag seed crude oil .The proximate composition of seed of Zizyphus spina-christi fruit were moisture content (4.59%), oil content (28.96%), protein content (16.03%), crude fiber (9.57%) ,ash content (4.47%), and total carbohydrate (36.38%). The physical properties of Z. spina –Christi seed oil were refractive index (1.4670), the density (0.9339), the viscosity(33.26 cp), and the colour (1.16 R,20(Y).While the chemical properties were the peroxide value (0.5), the acid value (1.19) , the iodine value (117.38) ,and saponification value (181.39). The main unsaturated fatty acids were oleic acid (57%), and linoleic (22%), while the major saturated fatty acids plamitic acid (7.2%) ,stearic acid (4.7%) and arachidic acid (6.7%).

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Author Biographies

Awadia Saeed Khair Elseed, College of Agricultural Studies

Department of Food Science and Technology

Mahdi Abbas S. Shakak, College of Agricultural Studies


Department of Food Science and Technology

Published
2016-04-30
How to Cite
Khair Elseed, A. S., & S. Shakak, M. A. (2016). Determination of Physico-Chemical Properties of Z-spinachristi (Nabag ) Seed Crude Oil. IJRDO-Journal of Agriculture and Research (ISSN: 2455-7668), 2(4), 22-35. https://doi.org/10.53555/ar.v2i4.37