Sesame lignans

Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) is an important oilseed crop possessing medicinal values and commonly cultivated in tropical and sub-tropical areas around the world. The therapeutic value of sesamum is attributed to lignans, a prime secondary metabolite. We used High Performance Liquid Chromatography to analyse the variation of sesame lignans especially sesamin and sesamolin, the major lignans from lignan family, in 40 sesame lines maintained in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tamil Nadu. HPLC results showed that sesamin, sesamolin and total lignan contents in sesame lines ranged from 0.

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From ancient time (over 5000 years) oil crops like Sesame, Brassica, Olea europaea, etc. have given importance for their nutritional, medicinal and food products properties. One of important oil crop belonging to Pedaliaceae family is Sesamum indicum L., is an annual plant and being neglected because of many reasons. India and China are the world’s largest producers of Sesame, The oil content of Sesame seed varies from 28% to 59%. Sesame oil serve as natural sources of antioxidants i.e. lignans which improves flavor and taste and contributes to greater shelf-life of foods.

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