Fatty Acid Composition of Dried Fruits of Sclerocarya birrea, Diospyros blancoi and Landolphia kirkii

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dc.creatorMatemu, Athanasia
dc.creatorAdeyemi, Durotoye
dc.creatorNyoni, Hlengilizwe
dc.creatorMdee, Ladislaus
dc.creatorTshabalala, Papiso
dc.creatorMamba, Bhekie
dc.creatorMsagati, Titus
dc.date2019-12-11T08:13:49Z
dc.date2019-12-11T08:13:49Z
dc.date2017-11-17
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-25T09:20:51Z
dc.date.available2022-10-25T09:20:51Z
dc.descriptionResearch Article published by MDPI
dc.descriptionWild fruits are commonly consumed in the rural communities of SouthAfrica. The information on their nutritionally important fatty acids is, however, limited. Threewild fruit species, Diospyros blancoi, Landolphia kirkii and Sclerocarya birrea from Limpopo Province were selected for evaluation of fatty acid content. Fatty acids composition of dried fruits of Diospyros blancoi (Db), Landolphia kirkii (Lk) and ripe and/or overripe Sclerocarya birrea (Sb) were evaluated by a gas chromatography-time of flight-mass spectrometer (GC-TOF-MS). Hexadecanoic acid (C16:0) was found in highest abundance in L. kirkii (57.73–73.55%), followed by S. birrea (55.92–71.31%) and D. blancoi (46.31–62.05%), respectively. Octadecanoic acid (C18:0) was of second highest abundance, with 24.71–100% in D. blancoi, L. kirkii (31.03–41.60%) and S. birrea (9.11–17.0%). The 9-octadecenoic acid (C18:1n-9) was the major unsaturated fatty acid in both S. birrea (5.33–18.82%), D. blancoi (8.22–8.92%), and L. kirkii (3.84–8.63%). The 9,-12-octadecadienoic acid (C18:2n-6) was the major unsaturated fatty acid in D. blancoi (22.34%). The 9,-12,-15-octadecatrienoic acid (C18:3n-3) was found in L. kirkii (3.51%) and S. birrea (2.79%). From the results, saturated fatty acids were the most dominant, whereas mono- and poly-unsaturated fatty acids were the minor constituents. Therefore, presence of nutritionally important essential fatty acids from S. birrea, D. blancoi and L. kirkii has been shown.
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dc.identifierdoi:10.3390/ijerph14111401
dc.identifierhttp://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/123456789/524
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/95297
dc.languageen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.subjectSclerocarya birrea
dc.subjectDiospyros blancoi
dc.subjectLandolphia kirkii
dc.subjectGC-TOF-MS
dc.subjectfatty acids
dc.titleFatty Acid Composition of Dried Fruits of Sclerocarya birrea, Diospyros blancoi and Landolphia kirkii
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