Effect of Seed Storage on Quality of Oil-tea Camellia Oil
The purpose of this study is to investigate the physicochemical and nutritional parameters of oil-tea ca-mellia seed oil during storage.Vacuum-sealed packaging below 4℃and 60 days duration were also selected to de-termine the variation patterns of physicochemical parameters,micronutrients content,and textural characteristics of oil-tea camellia seed oil.The normal packaging and storage were set as the control at room temperature.The results show that there was a slight increase in the fatty acid content of the seeds during the first 60 days of storage.The lev-els of squalene and β-sitosterol increased after storage,while there was no significant change in the vitamin E con-tent.The hardness of the kernel during storage was higher than that of the seeds before,while the elasticity showed the opposite trend.The storing kernels in the vacuum-sealed packaging at 4℃were effectively reduced the acid val-ue and peroxide value,while the various micro-nutrients were maintained at high level.