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Sustainable valorization of seeds from eight aquatic plant species as a source of oil and lipophilic bioactive compounds

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Potential biomass valorization of aquatic plant seeds of eight species was studied. Merremia emarginata (Convolvulaceae), Nelumbo nucifera (Nelumbonaceae), Schoenoplectus articulatus (Cyperaceae), Cleome viscosa (Cleomaceae), Ipomoea purpurea (Convolvulaceae), Rorippa palustris (Brassicaceae), Ludwigia parviflora (Onagraceae), and Hygrophila auriculata (Acanthaceae) were investigated for their oil yield and their lipophilic bioactive compound composition. The ultrasound-assisted extraction of oil followed by GC and HPLC analyses was applied for the determination of bioactive compounds. The oil yield ranged from 1.7 to 29.1%, in N. nucifera and H. auriculata, respectively. The studied species differed significantly with respect to the composition of fatty acids and bioactive compounds (statistically assessed). Unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) were the predominant group of fatty acids (74–88%) in the investigated samples. Four species were mainly comprised of γ-tocopherol (88–99%) (M. emarginata, C. viscosa, I. purpurea, L. parviflora), while the other four studied samples were dominated by γ-tocotrienol (72%) in N. nucifera, β-tocotrienol (72%) in S. articulates, α- and γ-tocopherol (49% and 41%, respectively) in R. palustris, and α-tocopherol (91%) in H. auriculata. β-Sitosterol was the main sterol (46–69%) in the majority of studied species, with the exception of H. auriculata, in which Δ5-stigmasterol (50%) dominated. Considerable levels of campesterol in each species (13–25%) were also recorded. Squalene was detected only in I. purpurea, R. palustris, and L. parviflora. The studied species were characterized by considerable quantities of carotenoids, tocochromanols, phytosterols, and squalene (0.6–6.9, 51–634, 292–2480, and 0–22 mg/100 g oil, respectively). Seeds of several studied aquatic species can be considered as an alternative source of oil and/or valuable lipophilic ingredients for industrial applications.

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This research was supported by the UGG, New Delhi (grant no. F.18-1/2011(BSR) 2016). I would like to kindly acknowledge Dr. Arianne Soliven for her assistance.

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  1. Institute of Horticulture, Graudu 1, Dobele, 3701, Latvia

    Elise Sipeniece, Inga Mišina & Paweł Górnaś

  2. Department of Food Technology of Plant Origin, Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 31, 60-624, Poznań, Poland

    Ying Qian, Anna Grygier & Magdalena Rudzińska

  3. Department of Biotechnology and Food Microbiology, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 48, 60-627, Poznań, Poland

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  4. School of Studies in Chemistry/Environmental Science, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, 492010, CG, India

    Yaman Kumar Sahu & Suryakant Chakradhari

  5. Amity University, State Highway 9, Raipur Baloda-Bazar Road, Raipur-493225, Tilda, CG, India

    Khageshwar Singh Patel

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Sipeniece, E., Mišina, I., Qian, Y. et al. Sustainable valorization of seeds from eight aquatic plant species as a source of oil and lipophilic bioactive compounds. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 13, 6229–6236 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-021-01615-6

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