Fatty acid characteristics of grass pea (Lathyrus sativus) in an East Mediterranean environment


ARSLAN M.

COGENT CHEMISTRY, cilt.3, 2017 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/23312009.2017.1296748
  • Dergi Adı: COGENT CHEMISTRY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Lathyrus sativus L., fatty acids, nutrition, mediterranean environment, NUTRIENT COMPOSITION, BETA-ODAP, SEEDS, L., VARIETIES, BEANS
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Lathyrus sativus L., (grass pea) is an annual plant widely grown as a pulse crop and its dried seeds are harvested and consumed as human food since ancient times. This plant is also commonly grown for animal feed and forage. Grass pea seeds may represent a potential source of several important nutrients for human and animal nutrition. Fatty acid compositions of 173 different grass pea accessions have been studied. Present results indicate that total saturated fatty acids, total monounsaturated fatty acids, total polyunsaturated fatty acids, and total fatty acids ranged from 295.72 to 436.94, 113.19 to 170.78, 127.39 to 179.39, 538.04 to 778.98 mg 100 g(-1), respectively. In addition, unsaturated fatty acids, oleic acid, linoleic acid, gamma-linolenic acid, and a-linolenic acid that are the main components of fatty acids ranged from 109.22 to 163.95,59.57 to 82.98, 16.18 to 30.38, and 45.56 to 71.59 mg 100 g(-1), respectively.