Abstract
Some investigations have been conducted about the composition of Aesculus×carnea seeds (red horse-chestnuts). Different experimental techniques have been used to gain more information on morphological structure and proximate chemical composition of this product. Surface analysis by SEM showed internal typical structure of globular-form bodies, containing starch, lipids, proteins, mineral components, and many others species, confined in cell walls and cemented by a gelled hydrocolloid. The most representative data related to the chemical composition of naturally desiccated specimen are as follows: proteins 3.16%; lipids 4.34%; and total glucides 15.6%. Obviously, this chemical faces modulate some other undifferentiated chemical parameters, such as cold water solubility (53.9%) and total inorganic soluble salts (2.79%). A stringent comparison of the present findings has been made with our previous results obtained by working with the seeds of two Hippocastanaceae parent cultivars.
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