Physicochemical Property and Some Vitamin Contents of Telfaria occidentalis Seeds Oil

Fluted pumpkin, a member of the cucurbitaceae family, is a versatile fruit and is used for various food processing application in nigeria. as a result of its versatility, this study was conducted to ascertain the physiochemical characteristics and some vitamins content of its seeds oil. the pumpkin pods were gotten from a local farm in benin metropolis, edo state, nigeria. the extraction of oil was conducted by the use of seed-2-oil ® hot press machine. various other standard methods were employed in the study. the physicochemical characteristics showed that the light yellow oil had a refractive index of 1.471◦c ± 0.001 and melting point of 19.67◦c ± 1.80 while the chemical properties revealed acid value (0.64 mg koh/ g of oil ± 0.05), peroxide value (0.99 meq of 𝑂_2/kq of oil ± 0.01), saponification value (189.73 mg koh/g of oil ± 5.20) and p-anisidine (0.09 ± 0.01) respectively. the findings for the vitamins revealed vitamin a (781iu ± 1.35), d (1361iu ± 0.14) and k_3 (8.145iu ± 0.36) respectively. the findings from this study revealed that pumpkin seed oil can be a good nutritive enrichment of foods and food products and a possible utilization in pharmaceuticals.