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Abstract

Harakeke seeds and oil are a resource that has not been investigated in detail. The seeds contain 20% oil which contains 70.9% linoleic acid (C18:2). The seed composition of 25 different cultivars of harakeke were also characterised. In addition, bulk samples of harvested in 2004 and 2005 were stored until 2006 to evaluate storage effects on seed composition. The linoleic content ranged from 67.3 to 70.9% and the oleic acid content ranged from 12.1 to 21.7%. The fatty acid content remained constant during storage while the total tocopherol and total phytosterol content were considerably reduced during storage.

Published in

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society of New Zealand
2008, volume: 33, pages: 97-106
Title: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society of New Zealand : Forty third annual conference held at the Cotswold hotel, Christchurch December 2008
Publisher: Nutrion Society of New Zealand

Conference

Nutrition Society of New Zealand, fortythird annual conference, December 2008, Christchurch, New Zealand

SLU Authors

UKÄ Subject classification

Food Science

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/28484