Türkiye'deki Yabani Crambe orientalis ve Crambe tataria Tohum ve Meyvelerinin Yağ Asidi Kompozisyonu

Abstract

Crambe is an annual or perennial plant belonging to the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) family. The interest in Crambe is mainly due to its unique fatty acid profile, low input management and broad adaptability to the environment. Thus, Crambe seeds and fruit fatty acid compounds were investigated by GC / MS in order to examine the chemical variability which correlates with the environmental variability. In the study, Crambe orientalis var. orientalis and Crambe tataria var. tataria were used and they were collected from the different areas of three provinces of Turkey. Fifteen compounds were found, representing 90.24-100% of the total seed and fruit oils. The major components based on the location in both species were erucic acid (24.67-44.68%), gondoic acid (18.97-28.33%), oleic acid (14.92-28.46%), and linoleic acid (8.13-17.56%). The fatty acids in seeds and fruits were found to be similar. As a consequence, it is needed to increase the production of erucic acid (C22:1) and gondoic acid (C20:1) in Crambe by using wild populations via plant breeding and these two promising fatty acids may be an alternative to meet industrial fatty acid market demand in a more environmentally friendly way compared to using fatty acids from fossil oil.