AvocadoOilAlexN.HarrellPatrickA.Heuer

Presenta3onOverview

AvocadoHistory WhatisaFa=yAcid? Fa=yAcidinAvocadoOil Uses Synthesis Spectra Summary

AvocadoHistory

U3lizedinMexicoover10,000yearsagoAztecnameAhuacatlfer3lityfruitBroughttotheNewWorldintheColumbianExchange.

Yoon,Howard.npr.h=p://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5563805(Feb28,2012)

WhatisaFa=yAcid?

Alongcarbonchain+

Carboxylgroup(COOH)_________________________

Fa=yAcidx3+

Glycerol__________________________

Triglyceride

May,Paul.SchoolofChemistry.h=p://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/linoleic/linh.htm(Feb26,2012)

Fa,yAcidComposi2onofAvocadoOilAcidName %Fatty Acid Avocado Oil Olive Oil

Palmi3c 16:0 12.5 - 14.0 8.6 - 12.9

Palmitoleic 16:1 4.0 - 5.0 0.3 - 0.7

Stearic 18:0 0.2 - 0.4 2.1 - 2.8

Linoleic 18:2 9.0 - 10.0 4.6 - 7.5

Alpha-linolenic 18:3 0.3 - 0.6 0.5 - 0.7

Arachidic 20:0 0.1 0.0 - 0.6

Gadoleic 20:1 0.1 0.0 - 1.4

Eyres,Laurenceetal.Olivado.h=p://www.olivado.com/studies4.htm(Feb28,2012)

StructureofOleicAcid

ScienceLab.h=p://www.sciencelab.com/msds.php?msdsId=9927682(March8,2012)

BoilingPoint:286.11CMolarmass:282.47g/molMel2ngPoint:16.3C

OleicAcidProper3es

1Doublebond=monounsaturated Reducesbadcholesterolandmayraisegoodcholesterollevels.

Lowerriskofheartdiseaseandstroke.

HighvitaminEcontent(an3oxidant)

Buzzle.h=p://www.buzzle.com/ar3cles/oleicacidbenets.html(March8,2012)

Uses

Cooking HairProducts SkinProducts Soap

WhyMakeSoapOutofAvocadoOil?

Helpsmoisturizeskinbecauseofthehighhydrocarboncontentandemollientproper3esGoodforeczema

VitaminsA,B,E,andG. UnsaponiableContent

CoSoap.h=p://cosoap.com/blog/avocadooilanditsbenets/(March1,2012)

HowtoExtractAvocadoOil

ColdPressing Separa3onofseedandskin Grinding Malaxa3on

Slows3rring Encouragesoilstogroupstogether

Centrifuge

WiseGeek.www.wisegeek.com/whatiscoldpressedoil.htm(March1,2012)

+KOH

Synthesis

HNMRSpectrum

Scinder.h=ps://scinder.cas.org/scinder/view/scinder/scinderExplore.jsf(26Feb,2012)

9,10

18

2

IRAbsorp3onSpectrum

Scinder.h=ps://scinder.cas.org/scinder/view/scinder/scinderExplore.jsf(26Feb,2012)

COH

9,10(C=CHs)

C=0

C=C

C13NMRSpectrum

Scinder.h=ps://scinder.cas.org/scinder/view/scinder/scinderExplore.jsf(26Feb,2012)

CarbonylC=C

CH3

CH2

MassSpectrum

Scinder.h=ps://scinder.cas.org/scinder/view/scinder/scinderExplore.jsf(26Feb,2012)

Summary

AvocadoHistory WhatisaFa=yAcid? Fa=yAcidinAvocadoOil Uses Synthesis Spectra

Ques3ons?

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