Background Unconventional crops (eg, tiger nut, macaw, babassu, sesame, and others) are
promising edible oil sources. However, the traditional oil extraction methods, mechanical …

Plants store triacylglycerols in the form of oil bodies (OBs) as an energy source for
germination and subsequent seedling growth. The interfacial biomaterials from these OBs …

Exploring and deciphering the biodiversity of oil bodies (OBs) recovered from oilseeds are of
growing interest in the preparation of sustainable, natural and healthy plant-based food …

Background Oleosomes are nutrient-rich pure natural compounds that exist as oil-in-water
(O/W) emulsions and have the advantage of nonemulsification. However, in the past few …

The current trend in dietary supplements and functional foods is the use of lipophilic
bioactive compounds. The sea buckthorn (Hippóphae rhamnoídes) contains some such …

Chia (Salvia hispanica L.) is a candidate to be included in European diet due to its seed oil
content and composition. Its cultivation in Europe has been assessed in several European …

Oil bodies, also called oleosomes have been the object of an increased interest since the
last decade. Different processes of extraction and purification involve an aqueous crushing …