Quality characteristics of oil extracted from gamma irradiated peanut (Arachis hypogea L.)》.pdf

Radiation Physics and Chemistry 106 (2015) 56–60 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Radiation Physics and Chemistry journal homepage: /locate/radphyschem Quality characteristics of oil extracted from gamma irradiated peanut (Arachis hypogea L.) Mahfouz Al-Bachir Radiation Technology Department, Atomic Energy Commission of Syria, P.O. Box: 6091, Damascus, Syria H I G H L I G H T S Peanut seeds were undergone gamma irradiation (1, 2 and 3 kGy). The change in physicochemical properties of peanut oil was determined. Gamma irradiation process had no effect on physicochemical properties of peanut oil. The peroxide, acidity and TBA values of the peanut oil were decreased due to storage time. a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The effect of gamma radiation and storage on the characteristics of oil extracted from peanut seeds has Received 4 March 2014 been investigated in this study. Peanut seeds were undergone gamma irradiation process with the doses Accepted 29 June 2014 of 1, 2 and 3 kGy. The changes in chemical and physical attributes were observed immediately after Available online 5 July 2014 irradiation and after 12 months of storage. The data obtained from the experiments showed that Keywords: irradiation process had no effect on the chemical and physical qualities such as, fatty acid composition, Fatty acids peroxide value, iodine value specification number, TBA value and