Pumpkin seed is rich in oil and is a high-quality oil resource. The pumpkin seed oil extracted from pumpkin seed has unique flavor and high nutritional value. It can be used for cooking and health food. Xinjiang is rich in pumpkin seed resources, but its processing and utilization rate is low and its value-added is limited. At present, the processing technology of pumpkin seed oil is backward and in the primary stage. Therefore, aiming at the problems existing in the current pumpkin seed oil preparation technology, this study uses the green and safe water enzyme method to extract pumpkin seed oil, determines the best extraction conditions of pumpkin seed oil, analyzes and compares the quality and volatile substances of pumpkin seed oil, and evaluates the shelf life of pumpkin seed oil. The main research contents and results are as follows:
1. Study on water enzymatic extraction of pumpkin seed oil. Using naked kernel pumpkin seed as raw material, it was baked at 80 ℃ for 30 minutes, crushed and sieved through 40 mesh. Through single factor and response surface optimization test, the optimal conditions for aqueous enzymatic extraction of pumpkin seed oil were determined: pumpkin seed powder was mixed with water at 1:6, pH was adjusted to 6, neutral protease and cellulase were mixed at 1:1, the addition amount was 2300 U/g, and enzymatic hydrolysis at 50 ℃ for 3 hours, the extraction rate of pumpkin seed oil could reach 63.61%.
2. Study on ultrasonic assisted aqueous enzymatic extraction of pumpkin seed oil. On the basis of aqueous enzymatic method, supplemented by ultrasonic technology, through single factor and response surface optimization test, the optimal conditions for ultrasonic assisted aqueous enzymatic method to extract pumpkin seed oil were determined: ultrasonic treatment temperature 40 ℃, ultrasonic power 300 W and ultrasonic treatment time 8 min. the oil extraction rate of pumpkin seed oil was 72.23%, which was 8.62% higher than that of aqueous enzymatic method.
3. Quality evaluation of pumpkin seed oil.
The quality of pumpkin seed oil extracted by water extraction, water enzyme method, ultrasonic assisted water enzyme method and pressing method was evaluated.
(1) The results of physical and chemical indexes showed that the iodine value of oil obtained by ultrasonic assisted hydroenzymatic method was the highest, up to 129 g/100g; The acid value and peroxide value of pumpkin seed oil obtained by pressing method were the highest, which were 1.7mg/g and 2.4 mmol/kg respectively. The physicochemical indexes of oil extracted by the four methods meet the national standards.
(2) The fatty acid composition of pumpkin seed oil extracted by ultrasonic assisted hydroenzymatic method was not different from that of hydroenzymatic method, and the mass fraction of saturated fatty acid was (16.92 ± 0.08)%, mainly palmitic acid and stearic acid; The mass fraction of monounsaturated fatty acid was (29.79 ± 0.11)%, mainly oleic acid; The mass fraction of polyunsaturated fatty acids was (52.80 ± 0.21)%, mainly linoleic acid and linolenic acid.
(3) Determination of tocopherol and phytosterol. Extraction of pumpkin seed oil by ultrasonic assisted method it's total sterol content、α- Tocopherol and γ- Tocopherol content was the highest, 202 mg/100g, 3.62 mg/100g and 75.4 mg/100g, extraction of pumpkin seed oil by aqueous enzymatic method respectively δ- Tocopherol content was the highest, 1.34 mg/100g. The contents of sterol and tocopherol in the water extraction sample group were the lowest.
(4) Analysis of volatile components. A total of 95 volatile substances were detected in pumpkin seed oil prepared by water extraction, water enzyme method, ultrasonic assisted water enzyme method and pressing method, mainly including aldehydes, hydrocarbons, ketones and heterocycles. The amount of volatile substances in pumpkin seed oil obtained by different extraction methods is different. The pressing method is the most, up to 74 species, the control group and water enzyme method are in the middle, 65 species and 63 species respectively, and the ultrasonic assisted water enzyme method is the least, with 60 species. The main volatile components of four pumpkin seed oils were determined by roav value.
(5) The volatile components of pumpkin seed oil prepared by ultrasonic assisted hydroenzymatic method and commercial sunflower seed oil, peanut oil, flax seed oil and safflower seed oil were analyzed. A total of 120 volatile substances were detected, mainly including aldehydes, ketones, hydrocarbons, alcohols and terpenes. Different varieties of vegetable oils have different amounts of volatile substances. Flax seed oil and pumpkin seed oil are the most, with 60 species, followed by peanut oil and safflower seed oil, with 58 and 40 species respectively, and sunflower seed oil is the least, with only 35 species. Through cluster heat map analysis, it is found that volatile substances can be used as a way to distinguish different kinds of vegetable oils.
4. Study on shelf life of pumpkin seed oil. Taking the peroxide value as the index, the shelf-life model of pumpkin seed oil was established by Arrehenius equation. The predicted shelf-life of pumpkin seed oil sealed and stored away from light at 25 ℃ was 68 days. Adding 0.02% antioxidant TBHQ extended the shelf life of pumpkin seed oil to 84 days, indicating that adding antioxidants can effectively prolong the shelf life of pumpkin seed oil.