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  • MakaleAçık Erişim2024Scopus SJRQ1
    Characteristics of Hozat apricot seed oil as a new source of oilseed

    Aydin, Çağlar Mert

    There has been an increase in apricot consumption due to its high bioactive and fiber content. However, the seed, inside part of the fruit, is considered as a food waste. In this study, potential usage of apricot seeds (bitter and sweet), that were cultivated in Hozat region- Tunceli, as an alternative oil source was evaluated. No comprehensive research has been undertaken to assess the seeds as an oil source before. In assessing its suitability for consumption, proximate composition of seed and physicochemical properties of the seeds’ oil had been determined. The proximate composition included the content of protein, ash, moisture, oil and the acidity as pH, in addition; iodine value, refractive index, nutritional quality, total phenolic content, antioxidant content, fatty acid composition and rheological properties of the oil were determined. Also, the effect of variety on them was examined. Overall, oil content was found to be the major component of the seed, thus the seed is good enough to be used as an oil source. Five different fatty acids were identified in the oil, that produced from the seed. These were palmitic, heptadecanoic, oleic, linoleic and linolenic acid. The oil had a refractive index between 1.4617 and 1.4628, iodine value between 100.47 and 102.11 gms, total phenolic content between 0.83 and 1.29 mg GAE g−1 oil, antioxidant activity between 11.21 and 11.60 mg TE g−1 oil for DPPH assay and 7.92–8.20 mg TE g−1 oil for ABTS assay, and apparent viscosity of 0.04 Pa.s. Moreover, viscous flow tests showed that the oil has a Newtonian flow behavior, and the nutritional indexes, that include unsaturated, atherogenicity, thrombogenicity and hypocholesterolemic/ hypercholesterolemic ratio, indicated that the oil is good enough for consumption as an oil source. The variety was found to have a significant effect on total phenolic content, antioxidant activity and refractive index of the oil, that was produced from apricot seed.

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  • MakaleAçık Erişim2024Scopus SJRQ1
    Evaluation of antioxidant, antimicrobial, and bioactive properties and peptide sequence composition of Malatya apricot kernels

    Aydın, Çağlar Mert; Çelikbıçak, Ömür; Hayaloğlu, Ali Adnan

    BACKGROUND: This study used four different apricot (Prunus armeniaca) kernels cultivated in Malatya during two consecutive years. The varieties were Hacihaliloglu, Hasanbey, Kabaasi, and Zerdali. The physicochemical properties of the kernels were determined, and the bioactive content of the kernels was evaluated using kernel hydrolysates prepared using trypsin. RESULTS: With regard to the physicochemical properties of the kernels, the dry matter ratio and protein content were the highest in the Hacihaliloglu variety; the ash ratio was the highest in the Kabaasi variety, and the free oil ratio was the highest in the Hasanbey variety. The bioactive compound content changed according to kernel variety. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors activity was found to be the highest in the Hacihaliloglu and Hasanbey varieties, which had the lowest amygdalin content, and Zerdali had the highest amygdalin content. The antioxidant and antimicrobial effects of the kernels varied, with Hasanbey and Kabaasi generally having the highest content in both analyses. Moreover, a concentration of 20 mg mL−1 of the hydrolysate was determined to have a destructive effect for the microorganisms used in this study. The storage protein of the kernels, except Hacihaliloglu, was found to be Prunin 1, with the longest matching protein chain in the kernels being R.QQQGGQLMANGLEETFCSLRLK.E. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that the peptide sequences identified in the kernels could have antihypertensive, antioxidative, and Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitory effects. Consequently, apricot kernels show potential for use in the production of functional food products. Of the kernels evaluated in this study, Hacihaliloglu and Hasanbey were deemed the most suitable varieties due to their higher bioactive content and lower amygdalin content.

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