Seed oil is a vegetable oil that obtained from plant seeds since antiquity. It is widely used in cooking and as functional food. The oilcrops vary from numerous species of plants and the seed oil produced not only can be used as functional oil but also as raw materials for oleochemical industries.
Why are plant seed oils important?
Plant seed oils are vital not only for the human diet but also as renewable feedstocks for industrial use. TAG biosynthesis consists of two major steps: de novo fatty acid biosynthesis in the plastids and TAG assembly in the endoplasmic reticulum.
Which vegetable oil is extracted from seeds?
Most of the vegetable oil is extracted from seeds. Seed oil is a vegetable oil that obtained from plant seeds since antiquity. It is widely used in cooking and as functional food.
Why should we care about seed oil content & composition?
Oilseed crops have been identified as key to address these challenges: they produce and store lipids in the seeds as triacylglycerols that can serve as a source of food/feed, renewable fuels, and other industrially-relevant chemicals. Therefore, improving seed oil content and composition has generated immense interest.