Palm seed and fruit lipid composition: phylogenetic and ecological perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Palms are vital to worldwide human nutrition, in particular as major sources of vegetable oils. However, our knowledge of seed and fruit lipid diversity in the family Arecaceae is limited. We therefore aimed to explore relationships between seed and fruit lipid content, fatty acid composition in the respective tissues, phylogenetic factors and biogeographical parameters.

Methods

Oil content and fatty acid composition were characterized in seeds and fruits of 174 and 144 palm species respectively. Distribution, linear regression and multivariate analyses allowed an evaluation of the chemotaxonomic value of these traits and their potential relationship with ecological factors.

Key results

A considerable intra-family diversity for lipid traits was rev

SUBMITTER: Guerin C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7080222 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature