Identificación y cuantificación de ácidos grasos en el aceite esencial de <i>moringa oleifera</i> mediante cromatografía de gases

Abstract

Moringa oleifera is a plant that has become very well known nowadays, due to its diverse therapeutic effects and its high nutritional value, which have been attributed to its phytochemical composition. Among these compounds, the fatty acids stand out, which are present in greater quantities in its seeds and for this reason its essential oils are extracted. Consequently, these oils require to be studied by analytical methods, being gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry one of the techniques commonly used for the analysis of fatty acids. For this reason, in the present work, a literature review is carried out based on the application of gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry for the determination of fatty acids in the essential oil of Moringa oleifera seeds. Important and updated information has been collected from databases such as: Scielo, ScienceDirect, Pubmed, ResearchGate, Scholar Google and Redalyc. According to the literature reviewed, it could be evidenced that gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry has some advantages compared to other methods, in addition, its high reliability has been demonstrated thanks to the validation process, in which it complies with the acceptance criteria. It was also observed that it is possible to identify and quantify saturated fatty acids, which are of interest. Therefore, according to the literature, this method is suitable to be replicated in future studies related to the determination of fatty acids in essential oils.