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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Influence of the Extraction Method on the Quality and Chemical Composition of Walnut (

Youssef Elouafy, Adil El Yadini, Hamza El Moudden, Hicham Harhar, Mohammed Merae Alshahrani, Ahmed Abdullah Al Awadh, Khang Wen Goh, Long Chiau Ming, Abdelhakim Bouyahya, Mohamed Tabyaoui

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Youssef ElouafyLaboratory of Materials, Nanotechnology and Environment LMNE, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat BP 1014, Morocco.ORCID 0000-0002-0441-2913
Adil El YadiniLaboratory of Materials, Nanotechnology and Environment LMNE, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat BP 1014, Morocco.ORCID 0000-0003-0885-3588
Hamza El MouddenHigher School of Technology of El Kelaa Des Sraghna, Cadi Ayyad University, El Kelaa Des Sraghna BP 104, Morocco.ORCID 0000-0003-1647-6217
Hicham HarharLaboratory of Materials, Nanotechnology and Environment LMNE, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat BP 1014, Morocco.ORCID 0000-0001-8266-0130
Mohammed Merae AlshahraniDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Najran University, P.O. Box 1988, Najran 61441, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-9387-5492
Ahmed Abdullah Al AwadhDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Najran University, P.O. Box 1988, Najran 61441, Saudi Arabia.
Khang Wen GohFaculty of Data Science and Information Technology, INTI International University, Nilai 71800, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-6686-7019
Long Chiau MingPAP Rashidah Sa'adatul Bolkiah Institute of Health Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong BE1410, Brunei.ORCID 0000-0002-6971-1383
Abdelhakim BouyahyaLaboratory of Human Pathologies Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat BP 1014, Morocco.ORCID 0000-0001-9317-1631
Mohamed TabyaouiLaboratory of Materials, Nanotechnology and Environment LMNE, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat BP 1014, Morocco.
Mohammed V University · MANajran University · SACadi Ayyad University · MAINTI International University · MYUniversiti Brunei Darussalam · BN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study investigated and compared the quality and chemical composition of Moroccan walnut (Juglans regia L.) oil. This study used three extraction techniques: cold pressing (CP), soxhlet extraction (SE), and ultrasonic extraction (UE). The findings showed that soxhlet extraction gave a significantly higher oil yield compared to the other techniques used in this work (65.10% with p < 0.05), while cold pressing and ultrasonic extraction gave similar yields: 54.51% and 56.66%, respectively (p > 0.05). Chemical composition analysis was carried out by GC−MS and allowed 11 compounds to be identified, of which the major compound was linoleic acid (C18:2), with a similar percentage (between 57.08% and 57.84%) for the three extractions (p > 0.05). Regarding the carotenoid pigment, the extraction technique significantly affected its content (p < 0.05) with values between 10.11 mg/kg and 14.83 mg/kg. The chlorophyll pigment presented a similar content in both oils extracted by SE and UE (p > 0.05), 0.20 mg/kg and 0.16 mg/kg, respectively, while the lowest content was recorded in the cold-pressed oil with 0.13 mg/kg. Moreover, the analysis of phytosterols in walnut oil revealed significantly different contents (p < 0.05) for the three extraction techniques (between 1168.55 mg/kg and 1306.03 mg/kg). In addition, the analyses of tocopherol composition revealed that γ-tocopherol represented the main tocopherol isomer in all studied oils and the CP technique provided the highest content of total tocopherol with 857.65 mg/kg, followed by SE and UE with contents of 454.97 mg/kg and 146.31 mg/kg, respectively, which were significantly different (p < 0.05). This study presents essential information for producers of nutritional oils and, in particular, walnut oil; this information helps to select the appropriate method to produce walnut oil with the targeted quality properties and chemical compositions for the desired purpose. It also helps to form a scientific basis for further research on this plant in order to provide a vision for the possibility of exploiting these oils in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food fields.

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