grape seed oil---healthy oil
Product name: grape seed oil
Botanical Origin: Vitis vinifera L.
Part use: seed
Active ingredients: unsaturated oil and Vitamin E
Source from: grape seed
Modern Research
grape seed oil is obtained from grape seeds after the wine pressing. Normally grape seed oil contains 75% linoleic acid, 15% oleic acid and other oils (Natella F 2002). Linoleic acid is one of two essential oil for people. Research shows that consuming grape seed oil can increase HDL level (Nash DT 1993).
What’s more, grape seed oil has a very high level of antioxidant vitamin E(60-120mg/100g), which makes the oil very stable.
Application:
1. Culinary oil (This oil has a high smoking point, suitable in frying)
2. Cosmetics (Vitamin E good for skin)
Reference
Natella F, Belleli F, Gentili V, Ursini F, Scaccini C. Grape seed proanthocyanidins prvent plasma post pradial oxidative stress in humans. J Agric Food Chem 2002(26):7720-7725.
Nash DT, Nash SD. Grapeseed oil, a natural agent which raises serum HDL levels. J Am Coll Cardiol 1993(21):318-320.