Studies on the Contents of Special Components and Estimation of Purity of Sesame Oil

Abstract

The verification of genuine sesame oil can be examined by determinatipn of the ratio of fatty acid. Fatty acids were extracted from the saponifiable substance of sesame oils. Fatty acids were methylated with the 14% boron trifluoride methanol solution and injected into a gas chromatograph with Unisole 3000 column and finally determined the molecular weight by mass spectrometry. The fatty acids in laboratory prepared sesame oils were composed mainly of oleic acid 36. 7N42.8% and linoleic acid 39. O r-•46. 6%, including palmitic acid 7. 9 N9. 1%, stearic acid 4. I rv5. 6%, linoleic acid O. 1 003. 0%, arachidic acid O. 5 N I.0% and eicosenoic acid O. The above results allow the estimation of genuine sesame oil, mixed with rape seed oil, soybean oil, perilla oil, etc. In 53 samples, 14 samples were estimated as genuine and it was found that erucic acid was contained in 31 samples, linoeic acid was highly contained in 14, high quantity of linolenic acid was in 7 and palmitic and oleic acid were highly involved in 3.