Physicochemical evaluation of seed and sed oil of corozo ( Acrocomia aculeata Jacq.)

Abstract

In this research, physicochemical characteristics of the seed and seed oil of corozo ( Acrocomia aculeata Jacq.), a wild palm from Central and South America , were evaluated. Seeds obtained from mature fruits from “El Chaparro” town, Anzoategui state, Venezuela, harvested in March 2003, were decorticated; the endospermus was transformed to meal by means of grinding and then using a sieve (425 µm), and its oil was extracted with n-hexane. The whole seed showed an average weight of 9.67 ± 0.32 (P

Keywords

• acrocomia
• lauric oils
• oleaginous
• palmaceae