Comparison of the Fatty Acid Profiles of Edible Native Fruit Seeds from Southern Brazil

Abstract

Three different Myrtaceae species and one species of Annonaceae were analyzed for the fatty acid composition of their seed oil. All species were characterized by high concentrations of unsaturated fatty acids that ranged from 54.61 to 91.65 g/100 g of the total fatty acid content. The main fatty acid presented by Feijoa sellowiana was linoleic acid (84.44 g/100 g). Oleic acid was the main fatty acid found in the seed oil from Myrcianthes pungens and Rollinia sylvatica, whose contents were 57.03 and 54.41 g/100 g, respectively. For Eugenia uniflora oil seed, the main fatty acid detected was palmitic acid (40.07 g/100 g).

Keywords:

• Myrtaceae
• Annonaceae
• Seed oil
• Fatty acids
• Linoleic acid
• Oleic acid
• Palmitic acid

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors would like to acknowledge CNPq, Capes, and UFRGS for their financial support.