caa a22 4500 465797180 CHVBK 20180323112041.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19901101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02540511 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02540511 Nutritional and toxicological evaluation of rubber seed oil [Elektronische Daten] [V. Gandhi, K. Cherian, M. Mulky] Rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) seed oil (RSO) is available in India (Ca. 4500 tons per year) and is used mainly as a drying oil. The oil does not contain any unusual fatty acids, and it is a rich source of essential fatty acids C18∶2 and C18∶3 that make up 52% of its total fatty acid composition. Acute toxic potential in rats and the systemic effects and nutritional quality were assessed in a 13 week feeding study in weanling albino rats using a diet containing RSO or groundnut oil (GNO) (as the control) at a 10% level as the sole source of dietary fat. RSO did not manifest any acute toxic potential. Food consumption, growth rate and feed efficiency ratio of rats fed RSO were similar to those fed GNO. The digestibility of this oil was found to be 97%, as compared to 94% for GNO. There were no macroscopic or microscopic lesions in any of the organs which could be ascribed to the RSO incroporation in the diet. Thus the current data show that RSO could be used for edible purposes. However, it will be necessary to process the oil to achieve deodorization and to remove free fatty acids to make it organoleptically acceptable. AOCS Press, 1990 Fat digestibility nationallicence Hevea brasiliensis nationallicence nutritional and toxicological studies nationallicence rubber seed oil nationallicence Gandhi V. Hindustan Lever Research Centre, Andheri East, 400 099, Bombay, India aut Cherian K. Hindustan Lever Research Centre, Andheri East, 400 099, Bombay, India aut Mulky M. Hindustan Lever Research Centre, Andheri East, 400 099, Bombay, India aut Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society Springer-Verlag 67/11(1990-11-01), 883-886 0003-021X 67:11<883 1990 67 11746 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02540511 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02540511 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gandhi V. Hindustan Lever Research Centre, Andheri East, 400 099, Bombay, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cherian K. Hindustan Lever Research Centre, Andheri East, 400 099, Bombay, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mulky M. Hindustan Lever Research Centre, Andheri East, 400 099, Bombay, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society Springer-Verlag 67/11(1990-11-01), 883-886 0003-021X 67:11<883 1990 67 11746 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer