Orbital - Vol. 8 No. 2 - January-March 2016
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Oil in Inajá Pulp (Maximiliana maripa): Fatty Acid Profile and Anti-acetylcholinesterase Activity

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  • Ismael M. Fernández,
  • Diana Maruja Sagama Mozombite,
  • Ricardo Carvalho Santos,
  • Antonio Alves Melo Filho,
  • Pedro Rômulo Estevam Ribeiro,
  • Edvan Alves Chagas,
  • Jacqueline Aparecida Takahashi,
  • Vany Perpetua Ferraz,
  • Ana Cristina Gonçalves Reis Melo,
  • Selvin Antonio Saravia Maldonado
Ismael M. Fernández
Federal University of Roraima
Diana Maruja Sagama Mozombite
Federal University of Roraima
Ricardo Carvalho Santos
Federal University of Roraima
Antonio Alves Melo Filho
Federal University of Roraima
Pedro Rômulo Estevam Ribeiro
Federal University of Roraima
Edvan Alves Chagas
Embrapa Roraima
Jacqueline Aparecida Takahashi
Federal University of Minas Gerais
Vany Perpetua Ferraz
Federal University of Minas Gerais
Ana Cristina Gonçalves Reis Melo
Federal University of Roraima
Selvin Antonio Saravia Maldonado
POSAGRO - UFRR
Published April 2, 2016
Keywords
  • fatty acids,
  • SFA,
  • UFA,
  • PUFA,
  • anti-acetylcholinesterase
How to Cite
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Fernández, I. M.; Mozombite, D. M. S.; Santos, R. C.; Melo Filho, A. A.; Ribeiro, P. R. E.; Chagas, E. A.; Takahashi, J. A.; Ferraz, V. P.; Melo, A. C. G. R.; Maldonado, S. A. S. Oil in Inajá Pulp (Maximiliana maripa): Fatty Acid Profile and Anti-Acetylcholinesterase Activity. Orbital: Electron. J. Chem. 2016, 8, 80-83.

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Abstract

The inajá (Maximiliana maripa) is a palm from Arecaceae family. The inajá distribution occurs from Amazon to the west-central of South America. The inajá has edible parts: the palm heart and oils obtained from pulp and seed. The aims of this study were to verify the fatty acid profile from pulp oil by GC-FID and analyzing acetylcholinesterase inhibition by inajá pulp oil. Chromatographic analysis provided eleven fatty acids. The major unsaturated fatty acids are oleic (22.32%), linoleic (4.72%) and linolenic acids (3.95%). The major saturated fatty acids are palmitic (20.76%), myristic (20.48%) and lauric acids (17.42%). The acetylcholinesterase inhibition by inajá oil pulp was over 63.76%.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17807/orbital.v7i4.769

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