Quality Evaluation of Oil from Seeds of Wild Plant Tylosema fassoglensis in Kenya

Table 1

Comparison of physicochemical properties of T.  fassoglensis oil with other seed oils.

Parameter	Tylosema	Cotton	Soy bean	Groundnut	Sunflower	Canola
Acid value (mg KOH/g)	2.49 ± 0.56	11.50 ± 0.33	2.72 ± 0.17	4.40 ± 0.10	1.02 ± 76	0.071 ± 0.49
Iodine value (gm I/100 gm)	94.06 ± 0.14	94.7 ± 0.12	119.21 ± 0.40	95.30 ± 0.43	119.92 ± 0.00	116.10 ± 0.50
Peroxide value (meq/kg)	6.34 ± 0.58	9.25 ± 0.47	21.38 ± 1.61	1.97 ± 0.10	6.32 ± 12	7.36 ± 0.14
Refractive index (at 40°C)	1.47 ± 0.33	1.46 ± 0.56	1.47 ± 0.10	1.46 ± 0.50	1.47 ± 12	1.46 ± 0.00
Saponification value (mg KOH/g)	145.93 ± 0.69	189 ± 0.38	199.63 ± 1.81	189.90 ± 0.10	182.23 ± 0.37	184.10 ± 0.61
Unsaponifiable matter (g/kg)	5.87 ± 0.47	1.5 ± 0.11	1.76 ± 0.28	5.77 ± 0.25	1.5 ± 0.06	1.394 ± 0.3

Values are mean ± SD for triplicate determinations; source: FAO/WHO [9].