Claim · model-written summary
Okra seeds were considered a good source of K, Na, Mg and Ca.
- Taxon
- Okra
Abelmoschus esculentust0 - Organ / stage
- seedse0
- Outcome
- K, Na, Mg and Cae0
- Direction
- good sourcee0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“The seeds possessed high content of crude fiberand could be considered as a good source of K, Na, Mg and Ca”
t0“Okra”
Title
Chemical Composition of Okra Seeds and Some Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Extracted Oil
A Abou -Tor; A Abdalla; S Melton; et al. Alexandria Journal of Food Science and Technology 2014. doi:10.12816/0025346
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation Okra seeds contained 15.20% crude oil on a dry weight basis.
- Observation Okra seeds contained 24.32% protein on a dry weight basis.
- Observation Okra seeds had high crude fiber content.
- Observation The extracted oil had a slightly high saponification value.
- Observation The extracted oil had a relatively low iodine value.
- Observation The extracted oil was classified as semi-dry.
- Observation The crude oil had low peroxide and acid values.
- Observation The crude oil had high stability against deterioration.
- Observation Okra seed oil lipid fractions comprised nine classes, with triacylglycerols the major class.
- Observation Palmitic, oleic and linoleic acids made up about 90.71% of total fatty acids.