The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of Moringa oleifera seed oil against acetaminophen-induced liver injury. 24 male Wistar albino rats were distributed into four treatment groups of six animals each and treatment lasted for ten days. Group1 animals were the Controls while the group2 animals received acetaminophen dosage (1g/Kg body weight) only on the tenth day. Group3 ...

Seeds are another product in addition to leaves (raw materials for teas) of tea (Camellia sinensis L.) plant. The great increase of tea consumption in recent years raises the challenge of finding commercial applications for tea seeds. In the present study, supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO(2)) extraction edible oil from tea seed was carried out, response surface methodology (RSM) was used to ...

Castor (Ricinus communis L.) is an important non-edible oilseed crop that can potentially be used as feedstock for biodiesel production. There are 1033 accessions in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) castor germplasm collection. The range of oil content in these accessions has never been surveyed. For exploiting castor as a feedstock for biodiesel production, the entire USDA ca...

Fish lipids contain large amounts of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid. These fatty acids are known to have an influence on prostaglandin (PG) and leukotriene (LT) synthesis. We studied the effect of a fish oil dietary supplement on an immune-complex-induced keratitis of the rabbit eye and compared it with the effect of a sunflower seed oil dietary supplement, rich in linolei...

Canola (Brassica napus) is one of several important oil-producing crops, and the physiological processes, enzymes, and genes involved in oil synthesis in canola seeds have been well characterized. However, relatively little is known about the dynamic metabolic changes that occur during oil accumulation in seeds, as well as the mechanistic origins of metabolic changes. To explore the metabolic c...

BACKGROUND Triacylglycerols (TAGs) are the most abundant form of storage oil in plants. They consist of three fatty acid chains (usually C16 or C18) covalently linked to glycerol. SDP1 is a specific lipase for the first step of TAG catabolism in Arabidopsis seeds. Arabidopsis mutants deficient in SDP1 accumulate high levels of oils, probably due to blockage in TAG degradation. We applied this k...

OBJECTIVE Pumpkin seed oil is rich in phytoestrogens and animal studies suggest that there is some benefit to supplementation in low estrogen conditions. This study is the first to evaluate the benefit of pumpkin seed oil in postmenopausal women. METHODS This pilot study was randomized, double-blinded and placebo-controlled. Study participants included 35 women who had undergone natural menop...

Near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) of intact seeds allows the non-destructive estimation of seed quality parameters which is highly desirable in plant breeding. Together with yield, oil content and quality, a main aim in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) breeding is the selection of genotypes with a low percentage of empty seeds even under cooler climates. We developed NIRS calibra...