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We examined various aspects of these species, such as seed oil content, suitability for mechanical pressing, volatile components (edible flavor), and oil stability (suitability for cooking), to assess the feasibility of using these four native Taiwanese Camellia seeds as sources of edible oil. The results from solvent extraction tests and mechanical pressing experiments confirm that the seeds from C. furfuracea, C. japonica, and C. laufoshanensis have high oil contents, and their oils are suitable for extraction via the popular mechanical pressing method, with oil yields comparable to or higher than those of the commercialized Camellia species. The volatile components of the oils were collected using MonoTrap adsorbents and analyzed with a thermal desorption system coupled with gas chromatography\u2013mass spectrometry (ATD-GC\/MS), primarily consisting of alcohols, ketones, and aldehydes. The results of oxidative stability tests reveal that the seed oils from C. japonica, C. furfuracea, and C. laufoshanensis are higher than or equally stable to those from the commercialized Camellia species. After six months of storage, the stability of these three Camellia seed oils remained relatively high, demonstrating that the seed oils from C. japonica, C. furfuracea, and C. laufoshanensis can withstand high temperatures and can be easily preserved for future applications.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/foods13162610","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,20]],"date-time":"2024-08-20T10:03:12Z","timestamp":1724148192000},"page":"2610","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Characterization of Seven Species of Camellia Oil: Oil Content, Volatile Compounds, and Oxidative Stability"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Fu-Lan","family":"Hsu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Forest Products Utilization Division, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei 100051, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ying-Ju","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Forest Products Utilization Division, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei 100051, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chun-Kai","family":"Hsu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lienhuachih Research Center, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Nantou 555002, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5540-2021","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Liang-Jong","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Forest Protection Division, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei 100051, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Rahim, M.A., Ayub, H., Sehrish, A., Ambreen, S., Khan, F.A., Itrat, N., Nazir, A., Shoukat, A., Shoukat, A., and Ejaz, A. 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