GLUCOSINOLATE CONTENT AND COMPOSITION AS PARAMETERS OF QUALITY OF CAMELINA SEED

Camelina sativa (L.) Crtz. (false flax, gold-of-pleasure) is an ancien t cruciferous crop which has lost its importance as an oil crop in Cen tral Europe in modern times. However, showing highly valuable ingredie nts and agronomical traits it could be an alternative for non-food usa ges. Via HPLC analyses a total of three sulfinyl-glucosinolates were d etermined in the seeds of Camelina. The main glucosinolate with a cont ent of approximately 65% of the total is 10-methyl-sulfinyl-decyl-gluc osinolate (glucocamelinin). The total glucosinolate content in the ava ilable collection varied from 13.2 to 36.2 mu mol/g dry seed, the mean being 24 mu mol. Furthermore, for Camelina an evident influence of en vironment on glucosinolate content was found. The mean glucosinolate c ontent of ten genotypes grown at seven locations in Germany varied fro m 18.0 to 31.4 mu mol. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.