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Composition Of Fatty Acids And Squalene Content Of Wild Spinach (Amaranthus Dubius Mart) Seed Oil, Hartati Soetjipto, Mitra Krisdayanti, November Rianto Aminu
Composition Of Fatty Acids And Squalene Content Of Wild Spinach (Amaranthus Dubius Mart) Seed Oil, Hartati Soetjipto, Mitra Krisdayanti, November Rianto Aminu
Makara Journal of Science
This study aims to determine the yield of wild spinach seed oil obtained by continuous extraction methods using Soxhlet apparatus for 10.5 hours in n-hexane solvent, the physio-chemical properties, and the composition of wild spinach seed oil using the Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) method. Refinement of wild spinach seed oil was done by degumming and neutralization. The yield of wild spinach seed oil extraction before refinement was 4.36 ± 0.29% (w/w) while after refinement was 0.68 ± 0.033% (w/w). Physio-chemical properties of wild spinach seed oil after refinement was as follows: water content 0.37%; peroxide value 9.5 meq/kg; acid …