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ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Whole or Defatted Sesame Seeds (

Diana Melo, Manuel Álvarez-Ortí, Maria Antónia Nunes, Anabela S G Costa, Susana Machado, Rita C Alves, José E Pardo, Maria Beatriz P P Oliveira

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
18.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Diana MeloREQUIMTE/LAQV, Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Street of Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-0774-2168
Manuel Álvarez-OrtíHigher Technical School of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Campus Universitario, s/n, 02071 Albacete, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9383-3663
Maria Antónia NunesREQUIMTE/LAQV, Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Street of Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.
Anabela S G CostaREQUIMTE/LAQV, Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Street of Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.
Susana MachadoREQUIMTE/LAQV, Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Street of Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-5053-513X
Rita C AlvesREQUIMTE/LAQV, Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Street of Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-6767-6596
José E PardoHigher Technical School of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Campus Universitario, s/n, 02071 Albacete, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4335-6475
Maria Beatriz P P OliveiraREQUIMTE/LAQV, Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Street of Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-5759-1580
Universidade do Porto · PTUniversity of Castilla-La Mancha · ES

Funding

European Regional Development Fund NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000041Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia CEECIND/01120/2017Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia SFRH/BD/130131/2017Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia UIDB/50006/2020Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha SBPLY/19/180501/000047
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Whole sesame seeds and sesame oil, which is obtained after cold pressing the seeds, are foodstuffs globally consumed due to their nutritional characteristics. The press cake that remains from the oil extraction process can be ground to form a defatted flour that can be incorporated into the human diet, contributing to the valorisation of this product. The nutritional comparison between the whole seeds and the press cake reveals the potential of this by-product to be incorporated in the formulation of diverse foodstuff, since it is richer than the seeds in proteins (30%) and fibre (25%) and still contains a proportion of oil (32%) with a fatty acid pattern characterized by the abundance of unsaturated fatty acids. The protein fraction of both the seeds and the cake shows a balanced composition regarding amino acid composition, with all the essential amino acids included. On the other hand, the oil obtained by cold pressing is shown as a high-quality oil, where the predominant fatty acids are oleic (42.66%) and linoleic (41.25%), which are essential fatty acids because they are not synthetised in the organism and must be obtained through the diet. In addition, it is rich in vitamin E, especially in γ-tocopherol, that was the main isomer found. Regarding these results, all products (sesame seeds, oil and press cake) are components suitable to be included in a healthy diet.

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amino acids profileantioxidants compositiondietary fibrefatty acids profilenutritional analysisvitamin E profile

Identifiers

PMID34574218
PMCPMC8466230
OpenAlexW3196589459

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