The Amino Acid And Fatty Acid Compositions Of Tetrapleura Tetraptera (Uhiokiriho):- Okon, Abigail E.
ABSTRACT
Tetrapleura
tetraptera fruit was analyzed for its Amino acid and fatty acid composition.
The sample is composed of 59.48% unsaturated and 37.17% of saturated fatty
acids. It has palmitoleic acid (2.98%) and oleic acid (56.50%) as the
unsaturated fatty acid and capric acid (0.58%) Lauric acid (0.95%) myristic
acid (0.98%) and palmitic acid (34.66%) as the saturated fatty acids. Oleic
acid (56.50%) is the predominant unsaturated fatty acid and palmitic acid (34.66%)
is the predominant saturated fatty acid while capric acid (0.58%) composition
of Tetrapleura tetraptera fruits oil is very low. The physico-chemical
properties of the oil shows iodine value (2.538 wij’s) saponification value
(56.1 mgKOH/g) specific gravity (0.858) while the acid value and free fatty
acid are 1.002 mgKOH/g and (0.501 mgKOH/g) respectively. The total amino acid
composition of the fruit reveals a total of 17 amino acid (excluding
tryptophan), with Glutamin acid (11.30 g/100g protein) and aspartic acid (9.66
g/100g protein) as the predominant amino acid while cystine (0.90 g/100g
protein) and methionine (0.78 g/100g protein) as the most deficient amino acid.
The total amino acid composition has a value of 72.18g/100g protein.
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E., ABIGAIL. "The Amino Acid And Fatty Acid Compositions Of Tetrapleura Tetraptera (Uhiokiriho):- Okon, Abigail E." Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2024). Accessed 26 Dec. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/the-amino-acid-and-fatty-acid-compositions-of-tetrapleura-tetraptera-uhiokiriho-okon-abigail-e-7-2