@article{article_381022, title={Examining of Edible Oil Quality of the Seeds of Safflower Plants Cultivated by Using Treated Wastewater}, journal={Turkish Journal of Agricultural and Natural Sciences}, volume={5}, pages={7–12}, year={2018}, author={Soylu, Müge and Jalilnejad Falızı, Nasim and G. Madenoğlu, Tülay and Ötleş, Semih and S. Kukul Kurttaş, Yasemin S. KUKUL KURTTAŞ and Meriç, M.Kamil and Özçakal, Emrah and Gürgülü, Hatice and Cengiz, Nihal and Kabay, Nalan and et al.}, keywords={Treated wastewater,safflower,safflower oil,agricultural irrigation,edible oil quality}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1cm; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: top;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Safflower ( <i>Carthamus tinctorius </i> L) is a plant with oil seed used for edible oil production and its cultivation has been increasing throughout the world in last decades. Although studies have shown that safflower seed oil has similar properties with olive oil, sunflower and peanut oil, due to its dominant characteristics over other plants such as tolerance for cold weather conditions, salinity and plantation in arid and semi-arid zones, it can be an alternative oil source to supply oil demand. As fatty acid composition is an important quality factor, high linoleic acid content (63-75%) of safflower oil proves its appropriateness as an edible oil. In this study, quality and physicochemical properties of oil were determined for the seeds of safflower plants cultivated by using treated wastewater. Its suitability as edible oil in comparison with oil quality standards (Turkish Food Codex) <sup> </sup>was investigated. Soxhlet extraction was employed for production of oil from safflower seeds using n-hexane as solvent. Quality and physicochemical oil analyses were applied to the safflower oils extracted. Fatty acid and sterol compositions, acidity and peroxide values, density, refractive index, iodine and saponification values were determined. </span> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> <o:p> </o:p> </span> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Mevlüt AKÇURA}