Fatty Acid and Amino Acid Composition of Citrullus Colocynthis Seeds Growing in Algeria

Citrullus colocynthis is an herbaceous perennial wild species of the Cucurbitaceae family, used in traditional medicine treatment diabetes mellitus. In present work, C. seed oils have been assessed for their fatty acids profile and concentration by Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS), while oil protein extracts were investigated respect to amino acid compositions using Ultra High-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Electrospray Ionization-Triple Quadrupole Mass (UHPLC-ESI-QqQ-MS/MS) instrumentation. Results revealed that predominant seeds linoleic (70.7 %), oleic (10.9 palmitic (8.3 stearic (7.8 %) acids. On other hand, analysis free content noticed presence threonine (0.32 μgmL-1), valine (0.26 tryptophan (0.19 μgmL-1). Besides, contained non-essential like serine (0.29 ethanolamine (0.18 glycine (0.25 μgmL-1) aspartic (0.12 conclusion, results obtained valuable nutritional value derived co-products, suggesting its suitability be as a ingredient considered development dietary supplements.