Unsaponifiable Matter in Plant Seed Oils
By: by Didier Fontanel
Contributors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Imprint: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9783642357107
Subjects: Food science; Food Science; Biotechnology; Chemistry; Plant breeding; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology
Description: Here, the author has compiled data on about 550 oil-bearing plant species with respect to their content of unsaponifiable matters and oils. This unique information resource offers important information for research and development of food products such as neutraceuticals as well as cosmetics. Unsaponifiable matters have varying effects: Conservation and stability (e.g.  lignans, tocopherols, tocotrienols), anti-inflammatory properties (triterpene alcohols), cholesterol-lowering (sterols), well tolerated occlusive effect on the skin (squalene). Information is provided in a clear and systematic fashion, including data on relevant chemical families and pertinent chemical structures. Also included is a thesaurus of English, Latin and French plant species names as well as 655 references to the scientific literature.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Total content of unsaponifiable matter and content of corresponding chemical families in various plant seed oils: Species A to B; title: Total content of unsaponifiable matter and content of corresponding chemical families in various plant seed oils: Species C; title: Total content of unsaponifiable matter and content of corresponding chemical families in various plant seed oils: Species D to K; title: Total content of unsaponifiable matter and content of corresponding chemical families in various plant seed oils: Species L to N; title: Total content of unsaponifiable matter and content of corresponding chemical families in various plant seed oils: Species O to Q; title: Total content of unsaponifiable matter and content of corresponding chemical families in various plant seed oils: Species R to Z; title: Exceptionally high content of unsaponifiable matter in plant species with high fat content; title: Structures of chemical constituents listed, ordered by family; title: Synopsis of species names.