• How is apricot kernel oil extracted?
  • Gupta and Sharma (2009a) worked on apricot kernels oil extraction by using table oil expeller, baby oil expeller, and oil press (power Ghani) and reported oil yield as 37.5¨C38.5%, 31.5¨C32.0%, and 28.5¨C29.0%, respectively.
  • What is apricot kernel?
  • Apricot kernel is the innermost part of the apricot fruit. Most of the time, apricot fruit seeds are discarded as waste or byproduct in the food processing units (Gezer et al., 2011), but it has good potential source of oil, protein, vitamins, fibre, essential minerals, and many bioactive components (Akhone et al., 2022).
  • Why is apricot kernel a good source of oil?
  • Oil from the apricot kernel is valued by the richness of unsaturated fatty acids, the high proportion of oleic acids, phenols, and tocopherol content. Oil yield with quality from apricot kernel varies with region, variety, and adopted method of oil extraction.
  • What are apricot kernels used for?
  • Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) kernels, one of the economical stone fruit kernels, are utilized worldwide for edible, cosmetic, and medicinal purposes. Oil from the apricot kernel is valued by the richness of unsaturated fatty acids, the high proportion of oleic acids, phenols, and tocopherol content.
  • How much oil does apricot oil yield?
  • Many researchers have worked on oil yields from different apricot verities by different methods and have reported oil yields from 28.26 to 42.48% (Gezer et al., 2011), 38 to 55.3% (Shariatifar et al., 2017), 27.2¨C61.4% (w/w) dry weight basis (G¨®rna? et al., 2017) and 36.65 to 43.77% (Al-Juhaimi et al., 2021).
  • Are apricot kernels good for You?
  • Apricot kernels are rich sources of essential nutrients that are beneficial for the human body. Generally, sweet apricot kernels are consumed as dry fruit, whereas bitter kernels are utilized for the extraction of oil (Targais et al., 2011).