Buffalo gourd oil

Buffalo gourd oil

Buffalo gourd oil is a seed oil, extracted from the seeds of the "Cucurbita foetidissima", which is native to southwest North America. As the Latin name of the plant indicates, the vine has a foul smell. The seeds of the Buffalo gourd are rich in oil and protein, and were used by American Indians to make soap. [cite web
url=http://www.echotech.org/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=59
title=Squashes, Gourds and Pumpkins
publisher=ECHO
date=January 13 2006
accessdate=2006-11-12] The oil's fatty acid composition is dominated by linoleic acid (64.5%) and oleic acid (17.1%). [cite journal
url=http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=13545541
title=Physico-chemical characteristics of oil from Buffalo gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima)
author=Shahnaz Hamid & Aisha Haider
journal=Journal of food science and technology
id=ISSN 0022-1155
volume=38
issue=6
pages=598–600
date=2001
accessdate=2006-11-12]

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