Snowball seed oil

Snowball seed oil

Snowball seed oil is a pressed seed oil, extracted from the seeds of the "Viburnum opulus" (common snowball), which grows in Russia. Snowball bark contains a variety of bioactive substances, including tannic substances, saponins, vitamin K1, ascorbic acid and carotene, and is used medicinally. [cite web|url=http://www.limonnik.ru/eng_pages/plants_eng/viburnum.htm|title=Common snowball] The seeds, which contain up to 21% oil, are rich in tocopherol (Vitamin E), carotinoides (provitamin A) and micronutrients. [cite web|url=http://www.limonnik.ru/eng_pages/doctor.htm#Viburnum_oil|title=Food and health: Viburnum oil] Snowball seed oil is little known or used outside Russia.

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