Determination of Heavy Metal and Mineral Content, Seed Oil Ratio and Fatty Acid Composition of Hippophae rhamnoides L.

Abstract

Çıçırgan (Elaeagnus rhamnoides, syn.: Hippophae rhamnoides) is a plant with high economic value, used for fuel, food, medicine and ornamental plant cultivated in the world. In this study, it was aimed to determine the heavy metal and mineral element content, as well as the core oil ratio and fatty acid composition of the fruit of the ginseng (sea buckthorn), which grows naturally in the province of Bayburt, Turkey, and to reveal its potential to be consumed as food. As a result of the studies, heavy metal and mineral content of the citrus fruits were determined by ICP-MS analysis, and it was determined that the fruits contained high amounts of potassium (4406.30 ppm) and magnesium (166.04 ppm). Fatty acid composition was determined by GC-MS and the major fatty acid groups were found to be 21.57% palmitic acid, 20.49% palmitoleic acid and 15.35% oleic acid in seed oil. The data obtained in this study, in which the potential for use of the fruits of the ginning plant, which grows naturally in the flora of Bayburt province, in the field of food was examined, was found to support this idea.