Physico-chemical, GC-MS analysis and cold saponification of canary melon (Cucumis melo) seed oil

Abstract

The physicochemical analysis revealed that the hexane extract of Canary melon seed oil has acid value, iodine value, peroxide value, saponification value, relative density and refractive index of 0.35±0.01 mgKOH/g, 135.6±0.07 gI2/100g, 1.80.00± 0.01 meq H2O2, 233.62±0.01 mgKOH/g, 0.82±0.01and 1.44±0.00 respectively. The percentage yield was 50.42±0.01%. The colour of the oil was light cream. The following fatty acids were identified form the GC-MS analysis; Palmitic acid, Stearic acid, 11-Octadecenoic acid,-5-Octadecenoic acid, Oleic acid, Octadecenoic acid, n-Hexadecanoic acid, Ricinoleic acid and Docosanoic acid (Behenic acid). The pH, foam ability (cm3), total fatty matter, total alkali and percentage chloride of the Canary melon oil soap were 11.03± 0.02, 75.13±0.15 (cm3), 36.66 ± 0.02 %, 0.92 ± 0.02% and 0.53 ± 0.15 % respectively. The texture was soft and the colour was lighter cream. The soap was slightly soluble in water. The results indicated that the hexane extract of the Canary melon seed oil has potential for pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. Citation: Warra AA, Sheshi F, Ayurbami HS, Abubakar A (2015). Physico-chemical, GC-MS analysis and cold saponification of canary melon (Cucumis melo) seed oil. Trends in Industrial Biotechnology Research 1(1): 10-17. Received October 27, 2015; Accepted October 31, 2015; Published November 4, 2015. Copyright: © 2015 Warra et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. TIBR is a journal publication of BRSF. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. * E-mail: aliyuwarra@yahoo.com