Manuel Alvarez-Ortí

Dr. Manuel Alvarez-Ortí

Group of Quality, Safety and Hygiene of Agri-Food Products, Higher Technical School of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain
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Academic Career Length

28Years (1999-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 June 2016 in Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies
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MNMaria Antonia Nunes
Maria Antonia Nunes
FPFilipa Pimentel
Filipa Pimentel
ACAnabela S.G. Costa
Anabela S.G. Costa
Rita Carneiro AlvesRita Carneiro Alves
Rita Carneiro Alves
Beatriz OliveiraBeatriz Oliveira
Beatriz Oliveira

1 December 2018 in Science of The Total Environment
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MNMaria Antonia Nunes
Maria Antonia Nunes
ACAnabela S.G. Costa
Anabela S.G. Costa
SBSílvia Bessada
Sílvia Bessada
JSJoana Santos
Joana Santos
HPHelder Puga
Helder Puga
Beatriz OliveiraBeatriz Oliveira
Beatriz Oliveira

1 February 2014 in Industrial Crops and Products
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ACAnabela S.G. Costa
Anabela S.G. Costa
Rita Carneiro AlvesRita Carneiro Alves
Rita Carneiro Alves
AVAna Ferreira Vinha
Ana Ferreira Vinha
SBSergio Barreira
Sergio Barreira
MNMaria Antonia Nunes
Maria Antonia Nunes
Beatriz OliveiraBeatriz Oliveira
Beatriz Oliveira

1 November 2018 in Food Chemistry
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ACAnabela S.G. Costa
Anabela S.G. Costa
Rita Carneiro AlvesRita Carneiro Alves
Rita Carneiro Alves
AVAna Ferreira Vinha
Ana Ferreira Vinha
Elisio CostaElisio Costa
Elisio Costa
CCCatarina S.G. Costa
Catarina S.G. Costa
Beatriz OliveiraBeatriz Oliveira
Beatriz Oliveira

6 September 2021 in Foods
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Diana Isabel Lopes de Melo FerreiraDiana Isabel Lopes de Melo Ferreira
Diana Isabel Lopes de Melo Ferreira
MNMaria Antonia Nunes
Maria Antonia Nunes
MNMaria Antonia Nunes
Maria Antonia Nunes
ACAnabela S.G. Costa
Anabela S.G. Costa
Rita Carneiro AlvesRita Carneiro Alves
Rita Carneiro Alves
Manuel Alvarez-OrtíManuel Alvarez-Ortí
Manuel Alvarez-Ortí
Whole sesame seeds and sesame oil, which is obtained after cold pressing the seeds, are foodstuffs globally consumed due to their nutritional characteristics. The press cake that remains from the oil extraction process can be ground to form a defatted flour that can be incorporated into the human diet, contributing to the valorisation of this product. The nutritional comparison between the whole seeds and the press cake reveals the potential of this by-product to be incorporated in the formulation of diverse foodstuff, since it is richer than the seeds in proteins (30%) and fibre (25%) and still contains a proportion of oil (32%) with a fatty acid pattern characterized by the abundance of unsaturated fatty acids. The protein fraction of both the seeds and the cake shows a balanced composition regarding amino acid composition, with all the essential amino acids included. On the other hand, the oil obtained by cold pressing is shown as a high-quality oil, where the predominant fatty acids are oleic (42.66%) and linoleic (41.25%), which are essential fatty acids because they are not synthetised in the organism and must be obtained through the diet. In addition, it is rich in vitamin E, especially in γ-tocopherol, that was the main isomer found. Regarding these results, all products (sesame seeds, oil and press cake) are components suitable to be included in a healthy diet.

1 January 2017
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Rita Carneiro AlvesRita Carneiro Alves
Rita Carneiro Alves
Francisca RodriguesFrancisca Rodrigues
Francisca Rodrigues
MNMaria Antonia Nunes
Maria Antonia Nunes
AVAna Ferreira Vinha
Ana Ferreira Vinha
Beatriz OliveiraBeatriz Oliveira
Beatriz Oliveira