Afolayan S. Sunday

Triglyceride Composition of Almond Seed Oil (Terminalia catappa) Grown in Nigeria using GC-MS and 1H-NMR Spectroscopy

Afolayan S. Sunday, Fashanu T. Abosede, Enenche E. Daniel, Adediji A. Yetunde, Salawu R. Adenike & Lawal I. Oluwasanmi · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2021

Almond (Terminalia catappa) seeds are rich in oil; however, their study has received limited attention, with researches focused mainly on their health potentials. The present study assesses the composition of the fatty acid (FA) components present in the almond seed oils extracte...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i430402

Nutritional and Phytochemical Properties of Pachira aquatica Seed Grown in Nigeria

Afolayan S. Sunday, Igbum, O. Gillian, Igoli, O. John, Salawu R. Adenike, Afolabi A. Adewale & Enenche E. Daniel · Advances in Research · 2020

The present study investigated the nutritional and phytochemical properties of seeds oils and flours from Pachira aquatica seed cultivated in Nigeria. Proximate composition and phytochemical composition were determined by standard methods while mineral content of the seed flours...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/air/2020/v21i1230275

Fatty Acid Composition of Seed Oil from Pachira aquatica Grown in Nigeria

Afolayan S. Sunday, Igbum O. Gillian & Igoli O. John · Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International · 2019

The relative composition of the fatty acids in Pachira aquatica seed oil were determined using GC-MS and 1H NMR. The results obtained from GC-MS and 1H NMR show that the oil contained saturated fatty acids (>67%), oleic acid (>18%), linoleic (>3%) and linolenic acid (≤0....

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jaeri/2019/v18i430065