2009/03/13 by Kapila N. Seneviratne, R.T. Kotuwegedara · 1 citation
Medicine · Chemistry · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities #Edible Oils Quality and Analysis #Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2621.2008.01900.x
openalex publication_date 2009/03/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Summary The quality parameters, fatty acid composition, phenolic compounds and antioxidant properties of the seed oil of Canarium zeylanicum were determined. The results indicate that the seed oil of Canarium zeylanicum is an excellent source of essential fatty acids which contains C18:2 (49.35 ± 0.35%) and C18:3 (19.09 ± 0.01%). The total phenol contents of the seed oil and the seed hull of Canarium zeylanicum were 66 ± 6 and 2014 ± 14 mg kg −1 respectively. The identified phenolic acids in the methanolic extracts of seed oil include 3,4‐dihydroxybenzoic acid, p ‐hydroxybenzoic acid, vanillic acid and ellagic acid. Diphenyl‐2‐picrylhydrasyl radical scavenging activity, inhibition of deoxyribose degradation and the reducing power of the methanolic extracts of seed oil and seed hull of Canarium zeylanicum are comparable with those of butylated hydroxytoluene solutions.