The expansion of the agricultural frontier in the eastern llanos region of Colombia has endangered the moriche palm (Mauritia flexuosa) which has an important ecological function and provides various ecosystem services. In particular, the moriche that grows in this region is wild and has been little studied; therefore, there are no reports of its potential as a source of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids, information that could be useful for the conservation of the species. This study performed a physicochemical characterization of the oil extracted from the dried pulp of moriche and identified the fatty acids present in the oil, pulp and peel, seed, and flour of this fruit from the Bita River Basin, Vichada, Colombia. The fatty acid composition was characterized by gas chromatography, including physicochemical tests of interest in the oil according to AOCS protocols. The results showed that the highest fatty acid content was found in the extracted oil, with a distribution of 81.64% unsaturated fat and 18.36% saturated fat. These fats included 79.20% oleic acid (omega-9), 0.26% palmitoleic acid (omega-7), 1.01% linoleic acid (omega-6), 1% linolenic acid (omega-3), 16.91% palmitic acid, and 1.33% stearic acid. We conclude that moriche from Bita Basin is an oleaginous fruit due to its high nutritional value in terms of unsaturated fatty acids and that both the flour and the oil obtained are bioproducts with potential industrial application.

哥伦比亚东部亚诺斯地区农业边界的扩张，使具有重要生态功能并提供多种生态系统服务的莫里什棕榈（ Mauritia flexuosa ）濒临灭绝。特别是，生长在该地区的 moriche 是野生的，很少有人研究；因此，没有关于其作为单不饱和和多不饱和脂肪酸来源的潜力的报道，这些信息可能对物种保护有用。这项研究对从干桑果肉中提取的油进行了物理化学表征，并鉴定了来自哥伦比亚维查达比塔河流域的这种水果的油、果肉和果皮、种子和面粉中存在的脂肪酸。通过气相色谱法对脂肪酸组成进行表征，包括根据 AOCS 协议对油中感兴趣的物理化学测试。结果表明，提取的油中脂肪酸含量最高，分布为81.64%的不饱和脂肪和18.36%的饱和脂肪。这些脂肪包括 79.20% 油酸 (omega-9)、0.26% 棕榈油酸 (omega-7)、1.01% 亚油酸 (omega-6)、1% 亚麻酸 (omega-3)、16.91% 棕榈酸和 1.33% ％硬脂酸。我们得出的结论是，来自比塔盆地的 moriche 是一种油质水果，因为其不饱和脂肪酸的营养价值很高，并且获得的面粉和油都是具有潜在工业应用的生物产品。