{"id":816,"date":"2019-01-11T07:51:42","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T07:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/nutrition\/?p=816"},"modified":"2019-05-03T09:16:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T09:16:54","slug":"erucic-acid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/nutrition\/erucic-acid\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts and Food Sources of Erucic acid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Erucic acid, a monounsaturated omega-9 fatty acid marked as 22:1\u03c99, is found in the oil-rich seeds of the Brassicaceae family of plants notably rapeseed and mustard. It has formula CH3(CH2)7CH=CH(CH2)11COOH. The name is derived from Latin word eruca which means arucola or garden rocket. It is common in wallflower seed with a content of 20 to 54% in high erucic acid rapeseed oil, and 42% in mustard oil<\/a>. This acid is also known as cis-13-docosenoic acid and trans isomer is called brassidic acid. \u00a0Though natural forms of mustard and rapeseed contain high erucic acid levels (over 40% of total fatty acids) and levels in rapeseed for food use are below 0.5%.<\/p>\n

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Erucic acid has similar uses as mineral oils but with a benefit that it is more bio-degradable. It is highly tolerable to temperature which makes it suitable for oil transmission. It is able to polymerize and dry means it can be – and is – used as a binder for oil paints. Erucic acid is broken down long-chain acyl-coenzyme A (CoA) dehydrogenase, which is formed in the liver. This enzyme breaks long chain fatty acid into shorter-chain fatty acids.<\/p>\n