• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.37 no.7
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• pp.953-956
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• 2008

Grape seeds have recently been utilized for the production of seed oil. Grape seed oils (GSOs) are generating increasing interest as a functional food product since it has been shown to contain high levels of vitamin E, unsaturated fatty acids, and phytosterols. The objective of this study was to determine the compositions of vitamin E, fatty acids, and phytosterols in commercially available grape seed oils in Korea. Vitamin E was analyzed by HPLC with fluorometric detector and phytosterol and fatty acid composition was analyzed by GC. GSOs contained total vitamin E in the range of 34.6 to 66.1 mg/100 g oil and high levels of tocotrienols. The GSOs are mainly composed of linoleic acid ranging from 60 to 76%. GSOs also contained $77.0{\sim}166.9\;mg$ of phytosterols/100 g oil.