Analysis and Application of Oriental Tobacco Seed

About 150-300 tons of oriental tobacco seed annually produced in Baoshan Oriental Tobacco Co., Ltd. since 1998 had not been used. In order to use these seed comprehensively, the amino acid, lipid, fatty acid and aroma components in the seed were analyzed and cigarettes added with the extract of the seed and its further processed product, Maillard reaction products, were evaluated by panelists. The results were as follows. 1) The concentration of lipids was about 39.48%, the seed could be an excellent potential oil material. 2) The content of amino acids was approximately 13.6%, the seed could be both a good food or feed material and the raw material of Maillard reaction. 3) The seed contained some aroma components, which could be extracted with solvents to produce tincture, concrete or absolute oil. The tincture or concrete could be used as tobacco flavorings or casings to enhance the flavor of cigarette smoke and eliminate offensive odor. 4) The tincture or concrete could be further processed to produce Maillard reaction products, which enriched the flavor and masked offensive odor of, but brought some harshness to the cigarette smoke when the products were applied to cigarettes. The conclusion was that there would be a good prospect for oriental tobacco seed to be used as materials of cigarette additive, oil, food or feed.