Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan Hassanien
Professor Zagazig University Egypt
Title: Composition and functionality of selected cold-pressed oils
Biography:
Prof. Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan Hassanien is a Professor of Biochemistry at Zagazig University (Egypt). Currently he is a Professor at Umm Al-Qura University (KSA). Prof. Hassanien obtained his PhD (2004) in Food Chemistry from Berlin University of Technology (Germany). Prof. Hassanien continued his research in ranked universities in different countries such Finland and USA. In 2012, he appointed as a visiting Professor in School of Biomedicine, Far Eastern Federal University (Vladivostok, Russia). Prof. Hassanien published more than 180 articles and reviews in international journals with high IF as well as several books (Scopus h-index is 30).
Abstract:
Cold-pressed oils (CPO) found in the market were studied for their lipid classes, fatty acid profile, tocols and phenolics contents. Radical scavenging potential against DPPH· and galvinoxyl radicals were determined. Antimicrobial properties of CPO against foodborne bacteria, food spoilage fungi and dermatophyte fungi were also evaluated. The level of neutral lipids in CPO was the highest, followed by glycolipids and phospholipids. The main fatty acids in the most of CPO were linoleic, oleic, stearic and palmitic acids. Tocols and phenolic compounds were determined at high levels. CPO exhibited strong antiradical action and antioxidant traits as evaluated using Rancimat assay. Some CPO inhibited the growth of all tested microorganisms including food spoilage fungi (A. flavus and C. albi) and dermatophyte fungi (T. mentagrophytes and T. rubrum). CPO exhibited also broad-spectra activity against food-borne pathogen bacteria (S. aureus, E. coli, S. enteritidis and L. Monocytogenes) with MIC ranging between 160 to 320 μg/mL. The results suggest that Saudi CPO could be used economically as a valuable natural product with novel functional properties in food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries.