Prickly Pear Seed Oil Propiertes and Chemical Composition Extra Virgin  Coldpressed .

 

 Prickly Pear Seed Oil Identification Criteries

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 Saponification Value  (mg KOH/g)               169 – 200

 Iodine Value  (% Absortion Iode)                      91 – 132

 Specific Gravity  20°C                                 0.903 – 0.920

 Refraction Indice                                             1.465 -1.475

 Smoke Point                                                       170 - 175°C

 Viscosity 20°C:                                                      46 cP          

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Prickly Pear Seed Oil Quality Indices

 

 Free Fatty  Acid (Oleic acid)                            0.2 – 2.0 %

 Peroxide Value  (milieq. O2/Kg)                    8.0 Maximum

 Moisture & Volatile (105°C)                          0.5 % Maximum

 Insoluble Materia                                              0.1 % Maximum

 Odor :                                  Characteristic, disappear in 2-3 minutes

 Color:                                                     Clear Yellow  to Yellow-Green

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Prickly Pear Seed Oil Chemical Composition

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 Palmitoleic Acid   C16:1                                 0.3  -  1.4 %

 Estearic Acid         C18:0                                2.9  -  4.2 %

 Oleic Acid              C18:1                                 21.4 – 26.5 %

 Linoleic Acid         C18:2                                57.2 – 74.8 %

 Linolenic Acid       C18:3                                0.1 – 0.3 %

 Unsaponifiables                                            1.6  -  2.1 %

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 Unsaponifiable fraction in Prickly Pear Seed Oil is very rich in tocopherol or vitamine E with value of 890 t0 1,010 mg/liter, it is the highets value betwen cosmetic oils. This fraction have too Poliphenols, Phytosterols and Pigments all them with antioxidant power. 

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   *Chemical Composition and Propierties varies in function of crops, lands, species, seed age, and others parameters

 

   Prickly Pear Seed Oil Identification

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 Comercial Names : Prickly Pear Seed Oil, Cactus Oil, Nopal Oil, Huile de figue de barbarie, Kaktusfeigenkernöl

 CAS Number: 90082-1-6

 INCI: Opuntia ficus indica Seed Oil

 Method of Extraction: Cold Pressed

 Shelf Life: 2 Years or more

 Origin: Mexico

 Process for Clean: Settlemement, Centrifugation, Filtration

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   Prickly Pear Seed Oil Uses

 

  The uses for this wonderfull oil are principally in Cosmetic, Aromatherapy, Skin, Hair and Nails care.

  Prickly pear seed oil composition is very rich in essential and nutritive components: tocopherols (vitamine E), polyphenols, phytosterols  and     more than 82 % of  essential unsaturated fatty acid, all are antioxidants, the synergial efect of this components are cause for what some people call the oil "youth     elixir", is absorbed readilly  and used for people principally for:

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  -Moisturizer skin

  -Skin Clearificator

  -Nutrient for hair and nails

  -Elasticity skin restorer

  -Reduce and devanish dark under eyes

  -Nutrition and softenig skin

  -Wrinkle prevention

  -Expresion lines reductor

  -Reactivation collagen production

  -Lips care

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