TY - JOUR ID - 12091 TI - Chemical constituents of Amygdalus spp. oil from Iran JO - Research Journal of Pharmacognosy JA - RJP LA - en SN - 2345-4458 AU - Amanzadeh, Y. AU - Hajimehdipoor, H. AU - Abedi, Z. AU - Khatamsaz, M. AD - Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. AD - Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Research Center and Department of Traditional Pharmacy, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. AD - Food and Drug Control Laboratories and Food and Drug Laboratory Research Center, MOH&ME, Tehran, Iran. AD - Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran, Iran. Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 3 IS - 1 SP - 29 EP - 33 KW - almond KW - Amygdalus KW - Fatty Acid KW - fixed oil KW - GC KW - Oleic acid DO - N2 - Background and objectives: Amygdalus with a number of endemic species grow vastly in Iran. Edible sweet almond (A. communis), is cultivated in many countries due to its pharmaceutical, nutritional and cosmetic importance; while almond oil which is rich in oleic acid is known for its economic interest. In the present study, the amount and constituents of oil of six Amygdalus species including A. communis, A. Iranshahrii, A. scoparia, A. lycioides, A. reticulata  and A. elaeagnifolia have been analyzed. Methods: The oil of the plants fruits were obtained with hot and cold methods using n-hexane and their percentages were compared. Then, the oils were analysed by GC after methylation of their constituents. Results: The results demonstrated that the hot method gave higher oil yield than cold method. The amounts of the species oils were almost similar except for A. Iranshahrii which contained the least amount of the oil. The most dominant constituents of the oils comprised of palmitic, stearic, oleic and linoleic acids with almost the same pattern, consisting of mostly oleic acid followed by linoleic and palmitic acids. In all samples only little amounts of stearic acid was detectable. Conclusion: Considering the results of the present study, the evaluated species are of high economic value and could be used as alternatives to sweet almond in pharmaceutical, nutritional and cosmetic industries.   UR - https://www.rjpharmacognosy.ir/article_12091.html L1 - https://www.rjpharmacognosy.ir/article_12091_bfdb5bb8df9f177aca69e21c6f35731c.pdf ER -