Studying Lipids of Some Amaranth Varieties of the Amaranthaceae Family

Abstract

The article deals with the study of lipids of seeds of local varieties of amaranth grown in Uzbekistan. Including the complex processing method of amaranth seed, cake and flour, selection of optimal conditions for obtaining in the supercritical state of the cake to obtain squalene-enriched СО2 extract, chemical analysis of lipids and fatty acids. Modern chemical and physico-chemical methods of analysis of amaranth seeds, lipids, carbohydrates and proteins were used in the work to fulfill the specified tasks.