Pequi oil

Pequi oil is a seed oil, extracted from the seeds of the "Caryocar brasiliense", which is native to Brazil. The pale yellow mesocarp oil is extracted and used directly as a cooking oil.cite book
url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/X5043E/x5043E05.htm#Caryocar%20spp
chapter=Caryocar spp.
title=Minor oil crops
publisher=FAO
author=B.L. Axtell from research by R.M. Fairman
date=1992
accessdate=2006-11-10] In Brazil, there are projects among indigenous people groups to develop pequi oil production as a means of economic development. [cite web
url=http://socioambiental.org/pib/epienglish/xingu/ativi.shtm
publisher=Indigenous People in Brazil
work=Indigenous Park of the Xingu
title=Mel dos Índios do Xingu
accessdate=2006-11-10]

Pequi oil contains 44.2% palmitic and 51.7% oleic acid, with linolenic and stearic acids in much smaller amounts. [cite journal
title=Triacylglycerol analysis of pequi (Caryocar brasiliensis Camb.) oil by electrospray and tandem mass spectrometry
author=Sérgio D Segall, William E Artz, Délio S Raslan, Vany P Ferraz & Jacqueline A Takahashi
journal=Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
volume=86
issue=3
date=February 2006
pages=445–452
url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/112149039/ABSTRACT?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
doi=10.1002/jsfa.2349]

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