PHYSICO-CHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION
OF FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM MOENCH. FATTY OIL OBTAINED BY
COLD PRESSURE
SAMI KHALASS 1#, CARMEN POPESCU 2,3#*, IOANA ANDREEA POPESCU 1#, ANDREEA LETIȚIA ARSENE 1#, DENISA IOANA UDEANU 1#, DUMITRU LUPULIASA 1#
1“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
2S.C. HOFIGAL Export Import S.A., Bucharest, Romania
3“Vasile Goldiş” Western University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Arad, Romania
*corresponding author: popescu_carmen88@yahoo.com
#All authors have equal contribution
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Abstract:
Due to the application of ecological principles of life, organic and biologically grown plants (without the use of pesticides)
have a large share in the diet as well as in medicine. Lately, in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry, vegetal raw
material from rustic, unpolluted areas, which are numerous in Romania, is increasingly being used. The habit of cultivating
and using Fagopyrum esculentum Moench. has systematically and significantly declined throughout the 20th century, being
disadvantaged by the emergence and spread of nitrogen-based fertilizers, which have facilitated the growth of cereal
production. However, Fagopyrum esculentum Moench. is very rich in nutrients and antioxidants, including rutine, tannins
and catechins. In this study we analysed the physico-chemical parameters (organoleptic, relative density, refractive index,
acidity and peroxide index), the fatty acids content (oleic, linoleic, palmitic and stearic acid) and evaluated the microbial
contamination of the fatty oil obtained from the seeds of Fagopyrum esculentum grown in Romania, in view of further
development of a nutraceutical product.

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