Physico-chemical and nutraceutical properties of Cola lepidota seed oil

The extraction and preliminary characterization of oil from Cola lepidota seed were studied in this paper. The extraction was done in a Soxhlet extractor with n-Hexane as the solvent. The iodine value, acid value, saponification value, and peroxide value of the oil were all measured quantitatively. The oil yielded 1.10 percent, with an iodine value of 57.67 +/- 0.01 mg/100 g, an acid value of 15.50 +/- 0.01 mg/KOH/g, a saponification value of 125.69 +/- 0.15 mg/KOH/g, and a peroxide value of 5.04 +/- 0.06 meq/kg/L. GC-MS was used to identify phytochemicals such as hydrouracil, 1,2- propanediol, glycerine, divinyl sulphide, glucitol, and benzoic acid. The findings of this study revealed that the oil has phytochemicals and nutraceutical qualities, indicating that it might be screened and employed in supplementing human and animal diets, as well as in the production of cosmetics and detergents.