Pumpkin Seed Oil Product Introduction:

The extraction methods of pumpkin seed oil include solvent extraction, hot pressing, Supercritical fluid extraction and cold pressing. The pumpkin seed oil extracted by solvent extraction must be refined (6-removal process) before it can be eaten, and the refining process will inevitably destroy the natural ingredients in pumpkin seed oil and reduce the nutrition in pumpkin seed oil.

The nutritional components of pumpkin seed oil：

Fatty acid composition:

Pumpkin seed oil mainly contains 10 kinds of fatty acids, of which 90% are Unsaturated fat fatty acids. The oleic acid content is as high as 63.0%, followed by Linoleic acid content of 20.2%, linolenic acid content of 6.8%, Palmitic acid content of 4.09%, stearic acid content of 1.78%, Heneicosane acid content of 1.16%, and the other four fatty acids are very low, accounting for about 1 05%. Research shows that Unsaturated fat acid has the effects of lowering blood fat, antithrombotic, and lowering blood pressure, and its medicinal value has attracted more and more attention and application. In particular, Linoleic acid and linolenic acid are Essential fatty acid for human body, which are necessary for the synthesis of phospholipids, the formation of cell structure, and the maintenance of normal functions of all tissues. In addition, Linoleic acid can also prevent high cholesterol, improve hypertension, and prevent myocardial infarction; Linolenic acid has the effects of degrading thrombus, inhibiting the occurrence of canceration, and eliminating the excessive intake of Linoleic acid. Therefore, pumpkin seed oil is a good nutritional and health oil.

Pumpkin kernel contains 46.7% crude fat and 37.2% crude protein; Pumpkin seed oil is of good quality, with a light yellow color and no odor, and a pure oil aroma; The iodine value (I) of pumpkin seed oil is as high as 118 g/100 g, the content of unsaponifiable matter is 9.02g/kg, and the Unsaturated fat acid accounts for 90%. Among them, the content of oleic acid, Linoleic acid, and linolenic acid is high, so it is a high-quality raw material suitable for the preparation of nutrition and health care oil; Pumpkin kernels also contain abundant K, Mg, P, Ca, Na, Zn, Fe, Mn Cu and other mineral elements beneficial to human body. Xinjiang pumpkin seed is a high-quality plant protein resource and an important oilseed crop, with great prospects for development and utilization. Pumpkin seed oil also contains an active biocatalyst component that can be called male hormones, which can eliminate the initial swelling of the prostate and has good therapeutic and preventive effects on the urinary system and prostate hyperplasia.

Function Of Pumpkin Seed Oil:

(1) It has preventive and health effects on male prostate diseases.

(2) It can reduce cholesterol, prevent and protect heart and Cerebrovascular disease.

(3) It can reduce blood sugar and prevent and protect diabetes.

(4) It has special effects on pertussis, postpartum milk deficiency, internal hemorrhoids, anemia, postpartum hand and foot swelling, etc.