Sesame Oil, Properties and Advantages (Review Article)

Author : Shaymaa R. Abdulsalam and Basmaa S. Sheet

Sesame seed is one of the oldest oilseed crops known, domesticated well over 3,000 years ago. Sesam has many other species, most being wild and native to sub-Saharan Africa. S. indicum, the cultivated type, originated in India.
Sesame oil was one of the important vegetable oil come from sesame seeds extracts with deferent methods ,the oil yield is from 50-60%depending on seeds variety and growing conditions and its contain biological compounds like(phenols, fatty acids, sesamoline, vitamins, minerals and amino acids
….etc ) in the blood stream, molecules of sesame seed oil maintain good cholesterol (HDL) and assist the body in removing bad cholesterol (LDL).We can eat sesame seeds after convert it to flour then to bread or use it in meals or we can produce (Tahinaa) the butter of sesame ,finally sesamoline and other
phenolic compound which found in sesame can increase the shelf life of this foods.

Keywords : Sesame seed, Sesame Oil, Meal and Flour, Pharmaceutical and Neutraceutical.,

Received:1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM; Accepted: 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM